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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Cleopatra VII would be one of these; she's always depicted as being beautiful, but she was so inbred that she put Charles II of Spain to shame. Just look at this family ~~tree~~wreath:

Cleopatra's coefficient of inbreeding was a fucking staggering 0.45, so almost half her alleles were probably identical. Charles II's inbreeding coefficient was a paltry 0.25 and he looked like this, so I leave it to you to ponder how hot Cleopatra would have been exactly:

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 91 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A high coefficient of inbreeding means you get a higher chance of bad things happening. You can still win the genetic lottery even with bad odds.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe Mark Anthony was into that slack-jawed gormless look - you never know what causes a career politician to abandon the empire!

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

Ok, but using a hapsburg as an example of what inbreeding looks like isn't very representative. That family specifically wanted to look like that. they were very proud of their "noble countenances". That's more the result of the generations of selective breeding by the previous generation choosing marital successors. They're more pugs really, Rather than examples of the general effects of incest. If you want more general results of inbreeding, maybe look to the Whitaker's. Though, they also likely have other preexisting mental health issues in their family, and there's no data about their actual family tree.

In reality tough, it's likely one of those things that's not as consistent as "they get all fucked up looking after x amount of inbreeding" there's just too many factors at play. And I mean, speaking of pugs, they're no more inbred than golden retrievers. Golden retrievers are beautiful and loving dogs that will die to cancer by the age of 10. So even when inbreeding issues do manifest, it's not always going to make you ugly.

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't understand the graph, how do 3 people make a baby?

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seriously dude? There are so many videos online that show this.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

With cum, cum.

[–] teegus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What does the different types of lines mean? Solid vs lines vs dotted?

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's really badly done. This one seems better:

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[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 16 points 2 years ago

Probably ran off with the wrong Ptolemy

[–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

She outbred

[–] KrankyKong@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I have no clue what's happening on the lower half of the image.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When your grandfather is also your great-grandfather and the brother of your other grandfather.

Yeah, that inbreeding coefficient just proves harder in my mind that Cleopatra looked Greek as fuck, and maybe looked a little.... melted

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] the_rogue@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe she looked better when she was young ?

[–] Michal@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that Audrey Hepburn? What movie?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Suzanne Pleshette was the actress, Leona Helmsley was the character in 'The Queen Of Mean.' Leona was a famous hotel owner [with her husband, Harry] Suzanne played the wife on the first 'The Bob Newhart Show' and did a lot of other stuff.

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This makes me think of the film W., a chronicle of president George W. Bush's life. Who played the goofy-looking, monkey-eared president? None other than Hollywood hunk Josh Brolin (Thanos in the MCU, Cable in Deadpool, Brand in The Goonies, etc.)

I remember watching this film when it came out in 2008 and thinking, "Damn! George W. Bush is buff!" Especially in the oil rig scenes.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that was strange. Sam Rockwell was surprisingly fitting as Dubya in Vice though.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Walking Tall showing the real dude as he was the year the movie came out when he was an old man.

"That dude did all that? No way."

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

I meant TV ugly not ugly ugly

[–] kinsnik@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Reverse of this happened for me at the end of The Big Sick. I was “wow, maybe i am racist but the actor is really similar to the guy”… it is based on the real life story of him and his wife

[–] Flightbird386@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd go with Salma Hayek for the uplift in Frida.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I raise you Sofia Vergara in Griselda

[–] Flightbird386@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wow, that is quite the upcast there.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Conjuring. Ed and Lorraine Warren aren't exactly lookers

Or honest...

[–] Mwallerby@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

The TV show "Scorpion" for several reasons