The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 days agoDon't mind the couple thousand year age gaplemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down14
arrow-up1257arrow-down1imageDon't mind the couple thousand year age gaplemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord Of The Rings Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarecuriousaur@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 days agoOr the first cousins thing. (1000 times removed)
minus-squareteft@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-211 days agoIt’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.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 days ago 50 generations is a long time to stir up the genetic mix. Or a lot of time to inbreed in far flung isolated settlements.
minus-squareteft@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoI wonder if the Dunedain Jaw existed. Or maybe Numenorean haemophilia?
minus-squaregrissino@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 days agoI imagine that a ranger with haemophilia wouldn’t last very long
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 days agoStatistically it’s almost guaranteed to be less related than two random strangers.
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.
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.