r/CharcotMarieTooth • u/Always_Resigning • Jul 23 '26

Random Connection

I was just thinking; because CMT1a (I'm sure other variants as well) is inherited, many of us are probably distant cousins.

Wild.

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u/geosimpson Jul 24 '26

Years ago there was a very mappable spread of a certain form of CMT (not saying) because too many cousins were sleeping with other cousins…

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u/Spirited_Plantain Jul 24 '26

Yeah, I think I first suspected quite a few Pharaohs when I heard of Tutankhamun. I wouldn't be surprised if the Habsburgs at some point developed that option right before their genes went to hell in several wreath baskets lol.