CA> The guy who invented the transistor was trying to sell this
CA> theory to the general population for awhile that if we would
CA> inter-marry we could breed out all the inherited genetic
CA> diseases that kill so many people. They almost stoned him but I
CA> suspect he was right it may be the only way to get rid of some
CA> of the worst of them.

 I've read that the increase in likelyhood for
"problems" when inbreeding is something like 8%,
IIRC. I had thought it to be much higher. Of
course, 8% is still pretty high.

 Regardless, I'd never test any of this.  ;^)

 TTYL.

 Robert

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