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he was working on the theory of relativity

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Where do you think he got his evidences from?
I remember reading somewhere that he did those studies because a bunch of his kids died young and he wondered if the inbreeding had something to do with it.
- Nah. Most of their children were entirely healthy and happy and grew to become successful adults. 2 died of ill health during infancy, which in the 1840s wasn't uncommon. And one of them was because he had Down's Syndrome due to the mother being 48 at the time of his birth.
  It was the death of his second daughter Annie that affected him and he blamed himself for her death of from tuberculosis, wrongly believing it was a family trip to the beach which caused her to catch a cold.
It’s called research, duh
- I mean TEN kids does sound like research
  
  Bigger data pool would have been better. No?
A boss once told me "Do what I say, not what I do!".
- "I'm a good example, but not one to follow."
Iirc he felt bad about it but really loved her. Which is fair, I just dont think thats how you're supposed to act on loving your cousin
- Roll Tide
Gene is much later than Darwin.
- Huh. 1909. Fair enough. Still, diversity of inherited traits is a bit wordy.
Einstein married his cousin also. These guys were pretty smart, so maybe they know something we don't.
- Prior to the 1900s and the invention of the automobile, it was quite common. Biologically there is not a major concern if you share grandparents but not parents. The issues only start to pop up with repeated mixings when no new DNA is inserted into the mix as ressive traits will be inherited
  Not that I'm condoning it
  
  Einstein's second wife was his first cousin on his mother's side and second cousin on his father's side. That is probably not so good, although they didn't have any kids. Einstein's children were all from his first marriage.
  
  Just kept waiting for you to bring up this cousin of yours..
Hedging his bets
Rules for thee not for me!

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