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Don't mind the couple thousand year age gap (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Or the first cousins thing. (1000 times removed)

[–] teft@piefed.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's only like 50 times removed since there were about 50 generations between Elros and Aragorn. But even that really isn't much closer genetically than two random strangers on earth. 50 generations is a long time to stir up the genetic mix.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

50 generations is a long time to stir up the genetic mix.

Or a lot of time to inbreed in far flung isolated settlements.

[–] teft@piefed.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if the Dunedain Jaw existed. Or maybe Numenorean haemophilia?

[–] grissino@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I imagine that a ranger with haemophilia wouldn't last very long

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Statistically it's almost guaranteed to be less related than two random strangers.

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