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Nah genetic disorders aren't mutations, they're incorrect copies of original traits. I'm not a geneticist so don't quote me on this, but the reason incest causes problems has nothing to do with mutations as they rarely happen and everything to do with not having enough variation in your own genetics to cover when there's "data loss". Again, I'm not a scientist.
Incorrect copies are mutations.
Correct copies are also mutations, for what it's worth.