JasonTheLannister Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hi all - I'm new to the series and haven't read the books at all - I'm a little bit confused though.Are they suggesting that a sister and brother had sex and had a child?!?! How is that even possible?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Murks Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It's completely possible for brother and sister to have a child together. But there is always a high risk for the child to be disabled in some way. Just read here: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,827106,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Rider Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Incest. You have seen them go at it in the first episode and when Slot A goes to Slot B without protection, babies erupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hairy bear Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 History has plenty of examples of inbreeding between families in ruling dinasties. The most typical example are the Egyptians Ptolemies who married within the family to keep the bloodliens pure (as the Targaryens). The famous Cleopatra of Egipt was the offspring of a brother-sister relationship. If that were not enough, his only set of grandparents were uncle and niece. And still. Cleopatra was perfectly sane and considered a skilled ruler at the time.According to wikipedia's article about incest, in an union between sibilings "only" about a 20-26% of their children will die or have major disability due to the inbreeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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