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bucolic_frolic

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5. If it is a genetic condition, it could be carried by local populations back then

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:43 PM

Nov 14

prior to roughly 1890 populations didn't move around as much. Go back further even less so. So traits would remain in an area or town and over many generations many carried the trait. In a sense most of the population becomes related to other locals in some way.

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