In the case of the Amish, you will find that different communities have a different set (and number) of founders, so there is going to be variability between those communities.I don’t exactly qualify for the “Ask the Amish Guy” capacity, but I do have a background that’s relevant - my family up through my generation were/are Amish. I agree with Julie Armstrong that we are not as genetically diverse as we would like to think.. I searched around a little today to see what kind of Amish inbreeding commentary people are making out there on the internet. Though criminal cases of abuse have occurred these types of relationships are not sanctioned by Amish.It’s true that it’s probably easier for the average Amish person to trace a genealogical connection to his spouse than it would be for a non-Amish person.
Romani Gypsies have been highly endogamous, persecuted, and have their own faith and lifestyle (like Jews, Puritans and Anabaptists). They point to 1 Corinthians 5:11 to validate shunning: "But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat." To the non-scientific public, “inbreeding” is a stomach-churning word which in its worst sense suggests sexual relations between close (nuclear) family members. This left them with some issues, but they do function, and it’s not as if weaker cubs don’t get killed off constantly in most other cat species. I can trace back to him through three of my four grandparents… The Amish are not ignorant of the effect that their inbreeding has had, and have cooperated with genetic studies, etc. This topic also is very interesting to me in relation to how the Amish view disabilities and care for those in their community with disabilities.
The strides that Dr. Morton has done with genetic research have certainly raised a great deal of awareness. Maybe not all of them. I then tell them haha, yes, they are my cousins both of them but they are in fact not cousins themselves, one is my cousin from dad’s side and one is my cousin from mum’s side so they are no more related than my parents were.
One of my great grandfather’s sisters grandsons wanted to date me when we were in high school.. I have a question for you… who were Adams boys in the BBible married to?This is an interesting discussion, and I agree that the term is very loaded. I refuse to give them ratings, though I did watch Breaking Amish after the last series was done. etc etc.. After trying to have a decent conversation with them, I saw they would never change their beliefs so they no long are within my scope of vision.
Because there is distance involved and the transportation is not so quick, they’ll visit for a weekend instead of an evening.From what I recall from when I lived in Amish country in Northern Indiana, it wasn’t uncommon for a group of them to charter a bus to other Amish communities for the purpose of introducing the young folks to others outside of the area.In Elkhart County, IN, IIRC, there were at least two “special” Amish schools for disabled children. thats a 200 year separation.
But no, the Amish is a very closed religion. What a fascinating world we live in!Inbreeding must work. They will pay you handsomely. With a high likelihood of incest also comes the subject of inbreeding. Gottes Wille This is already being done by some Mennonite groups, who are raising African-American children.
The use of petroleum products such as gasoline, pesticide, fertilizer, plastic, polyester, how and when to use phone, fax, & internet, the hiring of drivers, the use of machinery running off solar, gasoline, propane, natural gas, electric etc. It clearly is not healthy to do so, at least not at this point in history, and not so repeatedly.Amish Community Info | Book Giveaways | Amish Writers & non-Amish Experts | More I breed show mice and if humans are similar, being mammals and all, then it is possible to bred brother to sister for generations as the ancient Egyptians and Inca rulers did.The Amish are known to adopt technology after careful consideration of its usefulness. Others emphatically forbid it (the Swartzentruber group is an example). no two people are no more than 50th cousins.
But for Romani it varies; the proportion of Gypsy blood in Rom communities is lowest in Britain, and highest I think in Eastern Europe.. my brain is fuzzy! Just 7 months apart.Great read and super factual article! They live in relative seclusion from main centres of population. There is no known mutations in our family that I’m aware of.I was interested in your observation that the writer of the accusation could be Spanish which immediately causes my mind to tether together the possibility that it is a further disinformation tactic being used to disintegrate a respected Protestant people by some group operating from a more sinister intent.
If young people strike up a friendship with someone in another community, they have limited interaction with them and their families (a few expensive trips but mainly correspondence). As a result of this refusal of genetic testing and a certain level of inbreeding in Amish communities, many genetic disorders are found in higher numbers in Amish society. They were Norwegian. I never knew that before and was pretty shocked to find out. Amish and related groups have been assisted by outsiders in treating genetic problems. I have even heard Amish joke about this (“our family trees don’t fork”), but is this “inbreeding” as we commonly think of it?It’s frequently noted that the Lancaster Amish population descends from a relative handful of immigrant families (see this explanation of Today that should be a lot less of an issue.
I’ll give my same advice to Amish as I do to Jews; they ought to seek converts.