2007-08-18 07:34:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
I read the responses before I answered and I think some ppl are being a little snitty here! I think this is a very interesting question that has merit. It is true that there use to be alot of inbreeding in royal families. Not brother to sister but alot of cousins. How do you think the Romanovs were related to almost every royal house in Europe? Fat lot of good that did them. But it is also the reason that the boy had hemophilia (as did some other males of royal blood, there cases are not as famous though) and some of the royals have had other interesting diseases. At one time Queen Victoria grandchildren were king/queen of almost every European country. SOOO when their children grew up to marry someone deemed appropriate, they would probably be marring a cousin. This was happening for centuries though. In recent years of course this is no longer the norm.
2007-08-19 18:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by beth l 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons and Dianna Spencer are two I can immediantly think of ( and maybe Kate Middleton) who prove the British Royal family do not indulge in in-breeding
2007-08-18 14:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by Frances M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most Royal Families used to inbreed in the past to keep the gene pool pure but it is not done anymore as Royals are (within reason) free to marry who they like, are HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton related? No.
2007-08-19 08:34:39 · answer #3 · answered by LittleMissLolita 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
But Prince Charles has been measured as having an IQ of 171 !
Unfortunately that number has a minus sign in front of it.
2007-08-20 05:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by Namlevram 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is inbreeding in other families, not just the royal british family. so what is your point?? just an fyi--all the royal families in the world have been inbreeding since the dawn of time (look at ancient Egypt)
2007-08-18 07:39:08 · answer #5 · answered by jaspers mom 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Can you please substantiate your question with the facts necessary so that one can address it? The British Monarchy goes back to the year 1066 with William I as its first King. In the 900 + years that have followed can you tell me who married a close relative, brother, sister, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, 1st or 2nd cousins, etc. that may indeed fit the definition of being inbred?
2007-08-18 09:50:40 · answer #6 · answered by Chris B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is a worry,a few hundred years more and their IQs will be as low as yours.
2007-08-18 13:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
are you trying to find your "in" for a spot in the royal line? does your family tree look like a telephone pole too?
2007-08-18 07:42:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Judging by your lack of sentence structure, I would submit a simple "look at yourself first".
2007-08-18 08:43:32 · answer #9 · answered by .. .this can't be good 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
lol no wondering they are all simpering idiots and look like dog vomit
2015-10-24 22:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by tolliver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋