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[–]Mato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But the Amish still has a problem with inbreeding and its health consequences.

[–]send_nasty_stuff 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Source? My understanding is you have to have very small numbers for that to be a problem. Like less than 300 people or breeding within the immediate family like many islamists have done for centuries. There are approximately 350k amish in the united states and they do not allow incest.