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Iceland Is So Inbred It Needs a Website to Avoid Incest

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:52 AM EST
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When your society has inhabited a small, remote island for countless generations and boasts a population of only 300,000, the odds of having sex with a relative are significant. Luckily, Icelanders now have a handy tool to avoid family-sex.

Íslendingabók—meaning "book of Icelanders"—is an online incest avoidance search engine. Plug in your name and that of a potential mate, and the site searches a genealogical database to see how closely you're related. It's likely that you'll have some overlap many generations back—in which case you're probably safe from mutant children. But if you share great-grandparents, you might want to reconsider your Nordic hookup.

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cried

Not that much different conclusion than that of the Scottish article you recently seeded, CartoonCat. Thanks for seeding it though, since it shows the problem is elsewhere too.

  • 4 votes
Reply#1 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:25 AM EST
T. Fargo

Catchphrase- "A website to ensure your family tree has branches."

  • 4 votes
Reply#2 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:08 AM EST
Starseeker

Well this is probably pretty common and widespread... Think about it... Races and nationalities of old... Chinese, Japanese, scandinavian, Arabic, ... etc. A bunch of closely grouped branches. No? :-).

  • 2 votes
Reply#3 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:39 AM EST
backroads

Listening to country music has the same effect.

  • 12 votes
Reply#4 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:21 AM EST
lol@that

Just like West Virginia- 250,000 people and 4 last names...

  • 12 votes
Reply#5 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:25 PM EST
Tina-293371

I thought that was Kentucky!
LOL

  • 3 votes
#5.1 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:15 PM EST
Starseeker

Tennessee ... er... Alabama... er... Arkansas... that you cuz??? Well sure it is. :-\

  • 4 votes
#5.2 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:59 AM EST
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Seeker Lazarus

Holy-Freholies man, (thinking) well, I guess if they need something like that... They might need to export the kiddies for college or increase possible mates through tourism or lonely hearts websites as well. We would not want any three armed kiddies would we? Hmmmm, three armed kiddies might make good welders....

  • 3 votes
Reply#6 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:09 PM EST
BLOGER-486140

I can think of a few states that might benefit from this database.

  • 3 votes
Reply#7 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:24 PM EST
disgusted independant

Bloger - they could not read them

  • 2 votes
Reply#8 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:35 PM EST
Tina-293371

Not much of an influx of new blood in Iceland.
Who would want to move to such a climate?

  • 2 votes
Reply#9 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:17 PM EST
Tappy McWidestance

Actually Iceland isn't that bad. Greenland is where you want to stay away.

  • 4 votes
#9.1 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:15 PM EST
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backroads

cartooncat, you need to introduce the Icelanders to the Scots.

http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/04/10319180-scottish-councillor-claims-public-sector-spending-cuts-could-lead-to-unintentional-incestuous-marriages

  • 2 votes
Reply#10 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:30 PM EST
cried

Well they're both seeds in his column... is that enough introduction?

  • 2 votes
#10.1 - Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:44 PM EST
T. Fargo

Please no! Then we'll end up with a whole bunch of Kilt wearing blondes with bad teeth playing Abba on the bagpipes! I don't want Take a Chance on THAT!

  • 3 votes
#10.2 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:01 PM EST
YELLOW DOG D.

Dancing Queen on bagpipes. Not good.

  • 2 votes
#10.3 - Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:57 PM EST
T. Fargo

Oh, no! Someone actually did it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jhu9h3Eebc

  • 2 votes
#10.4 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:43 AM EST
cartooncat

Now that's scary!

  • 2 votes
#10.5 - Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:36 AM EST
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Max^108

Inbreeding can also be used to promote useful traits of the genetic line. It has been used extensively by breeders of horses, cattle, and other animals.

  • 3 votes
Reply#11 - Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:55 PM EST
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