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kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 days ago
Wait, aren’t cousins more okay?
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
reletively yes but you still shouldn’t.
a 1st cousin has like 16% shared dna. half removed is half that. 2nd cousin is half of the half removed and it repeats.
so 1st > 1st half removed > 2nd > 2nd half removed> … nth.
after a few steps in your percentage is already pretty fucking low.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Iirc first cousins have a 5% chance of terrible outcomes, which might sound low but… anyone who has played D&D or other d20 TTRPGs know how often 1s hit.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Yeah, about 5% of the time…
Siethron@lemmy.world 3 days ago
All humans have like 99.9% shared DNA with every other human on a planet. Hell we have about 50% shared DNA with a banana.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I assume the 16% is of the portion of DNA which varies among humans, not the shared portion which makes one human in the first place.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
No no, I think he’s talking about cross-species cousins
axexrx@lemmy.world 3 days ago
4% to a banana 50 with an ape iirc
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Midwest homeboy asking the wrong questions.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
more okay for having kids with, less okay for just fooling around with
kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 days ago
The Northerner mind cannot comprehend this
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 4 days ago
… what
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 days ago
Did they stutter?
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 4 days ago
How is fooling around with cousins less ok than with siblings?