Incredible story of a family called consanguinity in Odd City, in rural West Virginia, United States. This family story, known as the Whitaker family, went viral after being highlighted in the media and even the world.
Several members of the Whitaker family are known to have mental and physical ailments. Family members include Lorraine, Ray and Timmy who are mentally disabled.
“Some members only communicate through grunts and can’t talk. Some don’t go to school,” he reports The sun.
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Here are some facts about the Whitaker family that went viral:
1. Who are the Whitaker family?
The Whitaker family or The Whitakers became in the spotlight after a photographer named Mark Laita photographed them for his book, Created Equal, in 2004. Until 2020, Mark returned to visit the family in Virginia to shoot a video .
The video, titled Inbred Family – The Whitakers, shows a family with older members living in a small town. Quoted from the page The sunthe video highlights how the Whitaker family struggles to make ends meet in their small home.
The Whitakers are of English descent and originally included Ray, Lorraine, Timmy (cousins only), Freddie and an unnamed sister. However, Freddie died of a heart attack a long time ago.
2. Is it true that the result of inbreeding?
Whitakers are considered to be the most popular inbred family in the United States. However, recent research has revealed that their parents were cousins, not biological brothers and sisters as previously believed.
Several members of the Whitaker family have mental and physical disorders. There are some people who only communicate through grunts and cannot speak.
So far, there has been no medical examination on the Whitaker family. However, it is claimed that their health problems were caused by inbreeding.
3. Condition of Whitaker Family Members
A member of the Whitaker family, Ray, cannot speak. He could only snort.
When one of the family members, Betty, was asked about her brother’s intellectual and physical ailment, she said she didn’t know what caused it.
In another video, a family member named Kenneth is asked the same question, talking specifically about the problems all family members have with eyes that don’t look ahead, he replies “probably (due to) the extraction of the coal”.
Although the cause is unclear, Mark believes that inbreeding is one of the causes of the mental and physical disorders experienced by the Whitaker family.
“I can’t confirm that Whitaker’s parents are related, but given that this happens in this part of the country and the Whitaker family is the most extreme case I’ve seen so far, I’m willing to bet that inbreeding is at least partly to blame for the disorder. , of mental and physical appearances in Lorraine, Freddie, Ray and Timmy, “wrote Mark.
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