For anyone wondering, Arwen sometimes lived in Lothlórien. They didn't meet until Aragorn was 20-something, so it wasn't quite that bad.
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she goonin. she gonna gnaw on some numenorean meat.
Groomin humans
Or the first cousins thing. (1000 times removed)
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.
50 generations is a long time to stir up the genetic mix.
Or a lot of time to inbreed in far flung isolated settlements.
I wonder if the Dunedain Jaw existed. Or maybe Numenorean haemophilia?
I imagine that a ranger with haemophilia wouldn't last very long
Statistically it's almost guaranteed to be less related than two random strangers.
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