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INCEST. It was always a popular practice back in the day as people believed that sleeping with their close relatives could preserve their DNA and leave it pure. Here are 10 notable people who were products of incest
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1)BEN-AMMI: We all know the story of how Lot and his family escaped from Sodom before itâs destruction. But reading further into Genesis 19, we see that Lotâs children gave him wine and slept with him, one giving birth to Ben-Ammi.
2) Saint Gregory: Also known as either Gregory I or Gregory the Great, he was Pope of the Catholic Church from 590 to 604. He was conceived by two of the children of Emperor Marcus. He was found by fishermen who took him to a monastery where he grew up and became the Pope
3)Darwinâs Children: Charles Darwin had given birth to children by his own relative and had started to experiment on these children. But two of his children grew up to be great professors in big universities
4)Charles II: He became king of Spain at age 4. He was conceived by king Phillip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria who were first cousins
5) Mahidol Adulyadej; He was born in 1892 to King Rama V and the scion of one of his four half-sisters that the king kept as concubines. He went to harvard university where he attained a medical degree in 1927
6)Theodore Stravinsky; The composer Igor Stravinsky and his cousin Catherine Nossenko had been childhood friends and mutual artistic supporters before they were married in 1905. In 1907, she gave birth to their son Theodore. Theodore would later on become a famous artist
7)John Byrne; For years, he was one of the the biggest names in the field of British television writing and theater. His credits include the scripts for the plays The Slab Boys which premiered in the Royal Court Theater in London. His mother had slept with his grandfather 
8) Moab; Born of Lot and his older daughter, Moab would become the creator of his own tribe called the moabites and this tribe would become bitter enemies of the Israelites
9) Amenhotep I ; Born of his sibling parents Ahmose I and Ahmose-Nefertiti, in 1540BC, he would go on to marry his sister Merytamun. He was of Egyptian decent and would go on to accomplish great military fits in his later years
10) The whitakers; this is a modern day inbred family. They live âhappilyâ in West Virginia. Thereâs a YouTube video of an interview with this family. Chilling but interesting
It is important to note that, children who are products of incest, tend to be in some way, deformed, physically and often suffer from a lot of illnesses as similar immune systems from relating parents, instead brings harm to the offspring. So please stop eyeing your cousins
