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  • November 7, 2010 at 8:06 pm #2479 Reply
    ssbuscher
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    I have heard that at some point the royal family decided to add some genetic diversity to improve there blood line that had become anemic from inbreeding. they found a german prince I believe??? When did this happen? who was the guy who was added? Thanks in advance guys!

    November 8, 2010 at 12:37 am #23031 Reply
    Phidippides
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    Are you referring to the Hanoverian Succession?  This brought new German blood (George I) into the British monarchy, around 1715.

    November 8, 2010 at 9:05 am #23032 Reply
    Smardz
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    I have heard that at some point the royal family decided to add some genetic diversity to improve there blood line that had become anemic from inbreeding. they found a german prince I believe??? When did this happen? who was the guy who was added? Thanks in advance guys!

    Are you referring to haemophilia from which suffered queen Victoria?Queen Victoria married prince Albert von Sachsen-Coburg (German prince)Nevertheless, German monarchs rule England since 1714.

    December 4, 2010 at 1:43 pm #23033 Reply
    donroc
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    Antonia Fraser in her bio of Mary Queen of Scots traced haemophilia back to Mary.Also from the Hanoverians came porphryia, which afflicted George III and the fathr of Frederick the Great.

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