Summary: A Horrible Inheritance<br> What is the worst thing you can imagine receiving as an inheritance or “legacy gift”? What if the worst your parents could give you was their shared DNA? Sure, we know we’re going to get a combinations of physical traits, for better or worse, from our parents but some people have terrible genetic odds due to the close relations of their parents! From Neanderthal discoveries found in modern day Siberia to the royal affairs (and marriages) of royalty in Egypt and Spain and ending with the modern Colt family incest cult in Australia, this episode gets around! Co-hosts Curtis Bender and Eric Slyter will be filling this Horrific History Podcast with the tragic details on what can happen when you keep the genes inside the family!<br> <br> Hapsburg’s jaws, club feet and cleft palates, we’ll be including the physical deformities which were, at certain times in history, attributed to curses and witchcraft by the superstitious before the effects of inbreeding were understood by science! Just remember: No squeam allowed!<br> <br> Join us through one of your favorite podcast services (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/horrific-history-podcast/id1210557653">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/your/horrific-history-podcast">Stitcher</a>, <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Horrific-History-p964792/">TuneIn</a> and more) as we delve into this Horrific History episode, and come back again in two weeks to learn about <a href="http://www.horrifichistory.com/mementos-of-you-human-trophies/">human trophies</a>!<br> <br> <a href="http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/kenny-white-tiger-reveals-price-inbreeding/">You learn more about Kenny the Tiger, referenced in our podcast, here</a>.<br> <br> Some of our favorite resources from this week’s episode (you can find more in our <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/kro08-20">store here!</a>):<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2295824/100-000-year-old-skull-shows-signs-inbreeding-adds-evidence-theory-ancestors-regularly-practised-incest.html">Daily Mail, </a>and <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3460552/The-world-s-ugliest-tiger-generations-inbreeding-create-white-tigers-caused-horrific-deformities.html">here</a><br> * <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131218-neanderthal-genome-incest-archaic-ancestor-science/">National Geographic,</a> and <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100216-king-tut-malaria-bones-inbred-tutankhamun/">again</a><br> * <a href="http://www.livescience.com/3504-inbreeding-downfall-dynasty.html">Live Science</a><br> * <a href="http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2011/09/the-bewitched-king.html">Providentia</a><br> * <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12730">MedicineNet.com</a><br> * <a href="http://meeg-toomuchinformation.blogspot.com/2009/02/curious-case-of-carlos-ii.html">Too Much Information</a><br> * <a href="http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/genetics-inbreeding">The Tech Museum of Innovation</a><br> * <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1735350/pdf/v040p00925.pdf">National Center for Biotechnology Information</a><br> * <a href="http://www.as.wvu.edu/~kgarbutt/QuantGen/Gen535_2_2004/Inbreeding_Humans.htm">West Virginia University</a><br> * <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ReproductiveHealth/story?id=4698181&page=1">ABC News</a><br> * <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1765114">PubMed.gov</a><br> * <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2080449/">US National Library of Medicine</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086810/">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1288302/">here</a><br> * <a href="https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/carpenter-syndrome/">National Organization for Rare...</a>
