Painting: Joseph Heintz the Elder: Emperor Rudolf II, c. 1592 © Kunsthistorisches Museum /Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
07 January 2011
Genetic map of the Habsburg Jaw
The jaw, as seen in Rudolph II -
And the genetic map of the trait -
Interesting how it becomes more common as the generations continue to inbreed. More details in this prior post.
Painting: Joseph Heintz the Elder: Emperor Rudolf II, c. 1592 © Kunsthistorisches Museum /Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
Painting: Joseph Heintz the Elder: Emperor Rudolf II, c. 1592 © Kunsthistorisches Museum /Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
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So much in breeding!
ReplyDeleteShouldn't you write "Habsburg" if you refer to the Habsburgh family?
ReplyDeleteThank you, anon!! Fixed here (and in two other posts on the blog).
ReplyDeleteCousins who married first cousins.
ReplyDeleteThe marriage of aunts and nephews.
And the marriage of uncles and nieces.
Papal dispensation is required for marriages within the fourth degree.
I doubt the Babenburgs would have approved.
The Habsburg marriages demonstrate the desire to retain money and power over the desire for healthy progeny.
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Cousins who married first cousins.
ReplyDeleteThe marriage of aunts and nephews.
And the marriage of uncles and nieces.
Papal dispensation required for marriages within the fourth degree.
I doubt the Babenburgs would have approved.
The Habsburg marriages demonstrate the desire to retain money and power over the desire for healthy progeny.
Cousins who married first cousins.
ReplyDeleteThe marriage of aunts and nephews.
And the marriage of uncles and nieces.
Papal dispensation required for marriages within the fourth degree.
I doubt the Babenburgs would have approved.
The Habsburg marriages demonstrate the desire to retain money and power over the desire for healthy progeny.
My Mom and Dad both had perfect bites and my 2 brothers and I got mild Hapsburg jaws(underbites)My Mom's sister and Mother have a mild underbite but not one of my Mom's siblings children have underbites and all 3 of us got it!Not one of my cousins got it.My Dad is Slovenian E Europe and my Mother's family is German Iirish, English, &possibly Jewish?Strang Genetics?
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