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ItsDaBunnyYT OP t1_ixo7g3j wrote

Reply to comment by Enlightened-Beaver in [OC] Endogamy of Ashkenazi Jews visualized through DNA matches by ItsDaBunnyYT

It’s not that it’s inbreedIng, but that since we descend from such a small initial population, everyone is like 8th cousins in 12 different lines. Not closely related, but just over such a long period of time.

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Enlightened-Beaver t1_ixofav5 wrote

It’s broad inbreeding and it’s why certain genetic diseases are prevalent in certain groups that only marry and breed with each other: Bloom syndrome, Canavan Syndrome, cystic fibrosis, Gaucher disease, Joubert syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease, Tay Sachs disease, Usher syndrome, Familial Disautonomia, spinal muscular atrophy, etc.

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