Posted on 12/13/2013 6:52:07 PM PST by Theoria
A shocking case of a family of ~40 in rural Australia, the “Colts” (it’s a pseudonym), which has engaged in several generations of first degree incest has surfaced. You can read the summary in the press. But the Australian government has released a report on the case. I haven’t read most of it because the snippets I have stumbled upon are very disturbing. But, I was curious as to the characterization of the 12 children who were removed by social services. In particular, only one, Cindy, had parents who were unrelated. Note how different she is:
Cindy Colt (5), Rhonda Colt’s daughter, was medically examined on the day of her removal. She had a viral cold, but her health and hygiene was otherwise observed to be good, and her clothes were clean. She was suffering from an ear infection, although her mother had taken her to hospital two weeks prior to her removal to have this problem treated. She was unable to brush her teeth properly, though it is to be noted she was only 4 at the time. She could not bathe or dress herself, but unlike other children was reportedly capable of using toilet paper. But she preferred to eat with her fingers. She also required dental treatment, although it was submitted that her needs in this regard may not have been readily apparent to a lay observer, given the apparent absence of complaints of pain. Unlike the other children, Cindy presented as a well-spoken polite, bright, intelligent girl whose development was normal for her age. As previously noted, of all the children, the genetic testing demonstrated that her parents were not related.
(Excerpt) Read more at unz.com ...
It’s Australia, they’d be playing a didgeridoo.
IOW.....your standard fare Democrat
But this is so “incestophobic” and “intolerant” of an “alternative” sexual lifestyle/sarc
Have to wonder what led to that!?
Give society another 20 years . . .
It will probably be encouraged to increase the number of democratic voters.
“Who are we to judge their love?” - Isn’t that what the Homosexual activists screech constantly?
The defects seen in inbreeding are typically not mutations. It is the result of combining DNA that is too similar.
All of us have some bad genes but most are not expressed unless there is a matching pair on the corresponding chromosomes. A gene that doesn’t express itself without a pair is called “recessive”.
Birth defects tend to be recessive because individuals that express defects are unlikely to breed. It’s natural selection through sex selection. However, unpaired recessive genes can stay dormant for generations until an individual mates with another carrier.
In inbreeding, you are far more likely to get pairs of these bad recessive genes since the mates share a percentage of DNA. Once paired, EVERY bad gene is expressed. With compounded inbreeding for generations, it becomes a nightmare. I can’t imagine how the latest generations of this family looked...
Humans (and most animals) are generally hardwired to reject incest and seek “exotic” mates because those individuals who didn’t do so were selected against. “Opposites attract” “good girls like bad boys”, “I can’t date you, you’re like my brother”, etc
This family may simply lack the natural aversion to incest and isolated themselves from others to avoid ridicule.
Sounds like the inspiration for an episode on the “X-Files” about a family called the “Peacocks”.
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