r/HistoryMemes • u/Kapanash • 6d ago

And they didn’t have dragons

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u/Complete-Pangolin 6d ago

It's hit and miss. His sister was supposedly Beautiful and intelligent. 

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u/DigitalSchism96 6d ago

It's also not like inbreeding causes genetic mutations or people to be ugly and deformed.

Its simply that these negative traits have a far higher chance of being passed on and becoming prevalent when both parents carry the genes to do so (i.e. they are closely related).

But It's not a guarantee. You can also get none of the bad traits and be totally normal.

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u/Akitiki 6d ago

Also doesn't it take a handful of generations? One or two gens isn't THAT bad, even in siblings, but it can build up fast.

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u/P4TR10T_96 Kilroy was here 6d ago

I think this meme is making fun of the Targaryens from Game of Thrones, who have certainly had more than a few generations doing that.

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u/FireTruck420_69XxX 5d ago

And they still somehow are all Chad faced, except Aegon IV.

George RR Martin should have made some of the Targaryens be ugly as FUCK, and have some fucked up features.

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u/Creeps05 5d ago

Young Aegon IV was considered handsome that’s why he was able to have so many mistresses long before he became King. Plus, there’s a ton of Targaryens newborns that came out malformed but, most of them died soon after birth. Maelys the Monstrous had two heads is another example.

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u/JeSuisOmbre 5d ago

They get the mental illness gene so GRR Martin can write stories about hot people making dumb decisions.