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In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

South mountain in Nova Scotia, Canada. There was (still is?) a family (the Goler clan) famous for poverty, sexual abuse, and inbreeding. A bunch of them were arrested for sexual abuse in the 1980s. Rumor has it, they inspired the Xfiles episode "Home".

[โ€“] Cracks_InTheWalls 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People wanna say Alberta, but this is the real answer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there's a lot of drunk oil hicks here, but I haven't seen much inbreeding. Though the last time I attended an event in Rumsey I couldn't help but wonder.