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Don't mind the couple thousand year age gap (lemmy.world)

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[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or the first cousins thing. (1000 times removed)

[–] teft@piefed.world 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 14 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] grissino@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

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