this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2024
778 points (98.1% liked)

me_irl

4700 readers
85 users here now

All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, I suppose if you go backwards your family tree has circles. But nowadays incest isn't particularly common is it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Most cultures frown uppn it but cousin marriage is very common is some parts of the world. There is a great wikipedia article on Incest.

But I was really talking about the former. The likelihood that not a single crossing has happened since the beginning of like is very small.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Fair, it'll be a bit of a whacky tree. But definitely not a line