Whittaker Family: A Case Study in Inbreeding’s Devastating Effects

Whittaker family

How do we communicate with each other? By words!. Imagine a family who don’t communicate with words but with a series of grunts, barks and gestures. This is the reality for the Whittaker family of Odd, West Virginia, a small, isolated community nestled in the Appalachian Mountains.  The documentations and articles published on this family […]

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