The Whittaker family is famous for being "America's most inbred family," but how did they get that way? Their family tree ...

Inbreeding is where cousins and other close relatives have children together. Most cultures have strong taboos against it, primarily because of the ...

We all know what the real draw is for hanging out with all of your relatives at once. And it’s sure not their unwelcome ...

Their family tree is self-pollinating: Inside the lives of a heavily-inbred West Virginia family that only communicates in grunts and barks at passersby.

The Whittaker family, who live in the village of Odd, West Virginia, have become one of the most well-known families in America due to their complicated history with inbreeding ...

Inbreeding is coming: Everything Game of Thrones has taught us about incest The celebrated series and its new spin-off ‘House of the Dragon’ are underpinned by all kinds of mucky brother ...

Despite known health risks of inbreeding, marriages between first cousins are still permitted in 19 states and DC [shown]. The Whittaker family, shown here, is the most famous inbred family in the US.

One study has suggested that a distinct facial deformity seen in the Habsburg dynasty was caused by inbreeding, which was rife in the powerful family that ruled Spain and Austria ...

A study explored a distinctive facial feature seen in the Habsburg family, known as the 'Habsburg jaw', and found that it was exacerbated by too much gene sharing among the inbred family members ...

Sex with your sibling or other close relations, if you are a dog, is called inbreeding, and inbreeding is part of the practice of pure-breeding dogs.

Horrifying inbreeding led to incurable defect in royal family The Habsburgs ruled vast swathes of Europe for more than 200 years but the dynasty became known for its inbreeding as well as its ...