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In traditional Hawaiian culture the child of incestuous unions, especially between full brothers and sisters, were considered divine and their social rank equal to gods. Did the heavy practice of multi-generational inbreeding cause any genetic diseases amongst the population?

by /u/Tatem1961 in /r/AskHistorians

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