I began covering Silicon Valley for the now defunct Business 2.0 Magazine in 2000, but when the dot-com bubble burst, I found myself manning a public radio station in the Alaskan Bush for three years. Upon returning to the lower 48, I covered politics, energy and the environment as a freelancer for National Public Radio programs and spent time as an online editor for AOL and Comcast. Charles II of Spain, pictured above, suffered from combined pituitary hormone deficiency and distal renal tubular acidosis, which could have contributed to his impotence and infertility. Noses however may be a different matter! Their most famous feature was the "Habsburg Jaw." This is an interesting and informative piece of reading. Very interesting article especially about the intermarriages between ancient Egyptian Royalty. Charles II of Spain in his twenties. While no other ancestors had the gene, it is possible that there were two carriers of the hemophilia gene, a female ancestor on both paternal and maternal sides in Queen Victoria's case; or that Victoria was a carrier, as well as a female ancestor of Alfred. In addition to inheriting the Habsburg jaw, the young royal also inherited the Habsburg lip and the Habsburg nose. With a heritage that largely shaped the world and especially Europe as it is today, the present day Habsburg family members have many opinions on what is a good, or not so good. I will have to look up his theory, thanks for the info! I was reading some of the stories about Otto von Habsburg and how he had to … Cleopatra, the last pharaoh, was at one time married to her own brother before she (may have) had him killed. The Habsburg jaw — the prominent facial deformity that affected the European royal family of the same name — was the result of 200 years of inbreeding, a study has found. Therefore the marriages of Charles & Diana and of William and Catherine Middleton are NOT morganatic as both women acquired royal status on marriage. Steve Evans, CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, In some places in the United States, folks make jokes about inbreeding. Once I started doing some research, I found out that I was a direct descendant of Maximillian I von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1519). Through generations of royals marrying each other and therefore closing the ranks of their gene pools, the Habsburg Jaw manifested itself just about everywhere in Medieval Europe. Walters Art Museum, Public domain, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Thanks for this great read! Alan R Lancaster from Forest Gate, London E7, U K (ex-pat Yorkshire) on May 09, 2017: Both Princess Anne and Prince Charles show the same jaw-line as their father and uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, although it's not as noticeable on the males. When people have inbreeding the offspring are more like the parents, and in places where they practiced infanticide (Hawaii for example) on any child born with clear problems incest actually preserved old genetics and over time through infanticide most of the bad recessive traits would be bred out. Artist Unknown, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. In fact, modern researchers widely state that generations of inbreeding among the Spanish Habsburgs caused their downfall. One famous deformity is known as the Habsburg Jaw, which can be seen in many portraits of the royal family and was characterized by a huge underbite. First, the definition of a morganatic marriage is not merely one between two people of vastly different status. She told me she read it last week. Due to incest, the familys genetic line progressively deteriorated until Charles II, the final male heir, was physically incapable of producing children, thus bringing an end to Habsburg rule. I was interested to read about the elongated skulls. They began to marry their cousins. That would explain the so-called "alien" skulls that have been found. He didn't learn to talk until he was four and couldn't walk until the age of eight. Barbara Badder from USA on October 31, 2015: The article makes me feel a little sad for the royals of that time. This would explain the inability of Hawaiian nobility to produce the 'R' and 'T' sounds. He has the Habsburg Jaw, but only slightly. It was suggested that Edward Vlll should marry Wallis Simpson morganatically, i.e. I appreciate all the work that went into it! Kudos to you for having the bravery to write and post it. One proven link is if the paternal parent was older than normal. Answer: Truthfully? Very interesting and enlightening read. A prominent family member is Karl von Habsburg, also known as the Archduke of Austria and the leader of the Habsburg-Lorraine family. Can't you just see a quora of Nobles and relatives judging a newborn: "Oops! Typically, prognathism refers to the lower jaw sticking out more than usual. Dunno much about cyberstuff, but I'll come back here sometime. Large farms had to stay in the family. though no longer in power, the line is not extinct. Spontaneous hemophilia is a theory, yet to be proven. King Tutankhamen, more widely known as King Tut or the Boy King, was the product of a marriage between brother and sister. Get the comics you want, your way. There's that jaw--slice its throat." Charles II was also sterile, and when he died just shy of his 39th birthday, the country went to war to decide on an heir. Our ancestry can tell us much about who we are today. GH Price (author) from North Florida on January 15, 2014: I have heard about this, it's one of the theories on why King Henry VIII's wives had so many miscarriages. Essentially creating a pure bred much as you would create a new dog breed. The name itself is derived from the Habsburg family of Spain, where most of its members suffered from this disorder. Jennie Hennesay from Lubbock TX on September 20, 2014: Very interesting. In addition to this vast empire, the family also became known for its distinctive facial features, including the “Habsburg jaw” and the “Habsburg lip.”. MG Singh emge from Singapore on April 17, 2016: Bbrilliant hub on the dangers of inbreeding. Close genetic breeding leads to more rapid adaptions and changes, some bad, some good. Charles II, the last Spanish Habsburg, was feeble-minded and physically deformed as a direct result of his limited gene pool. It was so severe, that he could not learn to talk till the age of four, and had a tongue that was so large that it caused him to drool significantly. Excellent writing had me hooked from start to finish, great hub. However, I'd disagree with your statement that people in the olden days didn't know about the dangers of incest or pederasty. Answer: Hundreds of articles, dozens of short stories and a few novellas. The "hapsburg jaw", IS NOT race specific. K. Though many cultures have practiced headbinding, the Egyptians are not known to be one of them. I've also speculated that the peculiarities of the French language - such as the 'R' sound being produced at the back of the palate, the lack of pronunciation of consonants at the end of words, the proliferation of 'soft' pronunciations (eg 'nzh' rather than 'j') and the use of the soft palate to pronounce the 'N' sound (try pronouncing 'N' without using your tongue against the back of your teeth and your hard palate) - all these and more seem to me symptomatic of a language promoted by a ruling class with an inherent speech defect. The biggest problem with inbreeding is that when close relatives choose to mate, it results in homozygosity, which can increase their offspring's chances of being affected by deleterious recessive traits for all kinds of physical and cognitive disabilities, including ailments like hemophilia and cystic fibrosis as well as deformities like the Habsburg jaw. Journal of Medical Genetics 1988, 25, 838-842 Another family with the 'Habsburg jaw' E M THOMPSON* AND R M WINTERt From *the Department of Paediatric Genetics, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WCINIEH;andtthe Kennedy-GaltonCentre, ClinicalResearch Centre, NorthwickParkHospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAI 3HJ. His tongue was so large that he was barely able to speak. But more surprised to know that Prince William and Catherine Middleton are cousins, even if only 11th! In the 1980s, a family in Spain with similar facial features gave scientists a better look at a very old genetics puzzle. The others of this famil… All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. As a result many European aristocracies were started or heavily infiltrated by African genes. Although it is still practiced in a few societies, technology and awareness are catching up. Garfield's Once-A-Year Christmas Cheer Old & New Garfield Jon’s Love Life Lasagna Love Hate Mondays Garfield Turns 40. This may have reduced the average global temperature by 3 to 3.5 degrees Celsius for several years and may possibly have triggered an ice age and a world wide flood. The House of Habsburg, which is named after the Habsburg Castle in Switzerland, is associated with the Habsburg Jaw because so many of its members had it. PDGreenwell from Kentucky on December 11, 2013: This was a very interesting and informative article. The children of such a marriage do not inherit their father’s title or position, nor does a wife assume her husband’s title. The women very often are beautiful and big breasted, as the saying goes "they've tits before they've teeth" and are certainly highly fertile as they produce large families still to this day. It went on in Indiana for years. I could not stop reading :). Tut had a cleft palate, a club foot (as well as missing bones in his feet), and scoliosis, all of which either occurred or were worsened due to his parentage. I had no idea there was such much inbreeding in history. May 2, 2017 - Explore Rebecca Stafford's board "Hapsburg Jaw (Prognathism)", followed by 128 people on Pinterest. Georgie.....This is one of the most fascinating and intriguing hubs I've read this year! Keep them coming. More from Garfield. Reduced fertility (both for the related parents and in their offspring), Lower birth rate and higher infant mortality, Congenital birth defects (including facial asymmetry). Hemophilia has hit the royal houses of Europe pretty hard. Mona Sabalones Gonzalez from Philippines on July 10, 2016: I used to wonder why those guys like King Tut had such big heads. Many portraits of this monarch feature a pronounced underbite. The Carmina Burana frequently talks of older men liking young girls, and how such a relationship was frowned upon by society. Royal wedding: William and Kate on their big day. Hendrika from Pretoria, South Africa on November 13, 2014: This is very interesting. HABSBURG is the older and more traditional spelling of the name HAPSBURG. It is believed that the Habsburg Jaw originated in a family of Polish royals, and the first person to have been known to have it was Maximilian I, a Holy Roman Emperor who ruled from 1486 to 1519. There were not only brother and sister marriages, but there were what was called "double niece" marriages, where a man married a girl whose parents were his own brother and sister. They said it was great and informative, and it is that and and more. Poor Princess Diana even stated that she felt she was just a Brood Mare. However, I learned rather more from Ferdinand Mount’s “The Dwarves and the Onion Domes,” his review in London Review of Books of … I think that the head binding in some communities was due to the fact that royalty had elongated skulls. YESTERDAY WE RECOUNTED origins of the Habsburg’s 1000-year dynasty. Morganatic marriages, which occur when a royal marries someone of a lesser status, are becoming increasingly common and necessary to inflate the gene pool. They still hold the practice of marrying of equal or higher title. Karl von Habsburg (born 11 January 1961) age 50, also known as Archduke Karl of Austria, is an Austrian politician and the current Head of the House of Habsburg. This is such a sloppy and careless error that it calls into question the validity of all of the research done for the article. I wonder what other things like this have happened through out history. When Prince William, son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, married Catherine Middleton in 2011, many people spent days digging up ancestry charts to see if the two shared any relatives. This distinctive “Habsburg jaw,” a new analysis published in the Annals of Human Biology finds, most likely resulted from inbreeding. My only source is James Michener's 'Hawaii', but it seems that the royal families of Hawaii practiced brother/sister marriages, killing off the 'monsters' in infancy. Given, hmm, they pretty much perfected the whole royal concept of it. Debra Allen from West By God on December 27, 2012: Very well written and informative. I find it strange that livestock breeders have known for many many centuries that there must be new blood at least every 7th generation and preferably every 3rd, but humans seemed to think they were immune to the hazards of inbreeding. What happened with Queen Victoria's descendants, however, is well documented. Tatiana Ho from New York, New York on March 02, 2016: DK Spenser from Australia on February 05, 2016: I found this hub fascinating and very educational. GH Price (author) from North Florida on December 27, 2012: WV can be a pretty big joke in VA, where I'm from. The days of the Habsburg Jaw may be over. You'd think the inbreeding amongst the royals would make them sterile. They have a pretend hierarchy of royalty. Nadine May from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on December 06, 2013: How informative. on September 01, 2014: This was really intriguing! I don't remember most of the stuff I learned (read as: slept through) in school. Great research. The Habsburgs dynasty also known as the House of Austria ruled in Europe for more than 650 years. The problem with many studies, regardless of topic, will always have die hard advocates of one side while other die hards believe the opposite, whether incest, health foods, medical treatments, global warming, etc. The commoners had it better, it would seem. This peculiarity has made me speculate that genetic malfunctions resulting from inbreeding might be mostly represented in oral/facial malformations (cleft palate, the Habsburg Jaw'). He was always kept hidden when company was about. Dale Anderson from The High Seas on January 01, 2019: Well this hub is certainly a talking point. First study to indicate a direct relationship between inbreeding and facial morphology. THE HABSBURGS—MORE THAN THE JAW PART 1. Start Free Trial. The American lion (Panthera atrox), also known as the "North American lion", or "American cave lion", is an extinct pantherine cat that lived in North America during the Pleistocene epoch and the early Holocene epoch, about 340,000 to 11,000 years ago. Burgundy was a vast inheritance, including some of the richest cities in Europe in what are now Belgium and the Netherlands. With a heritage that largely shaped the world and especially Europe as it is today, the present day Habsburg family members have many opinions on what is a good, or not so good. I mean, the results must have been clear and even science had not caught up yet they must have realized something was wrong. Thanks for this wonderful hub! The History Channel tries to claim that is why they had elongated heads. The family tree of the Habsburgs, a German-Austrian ruling family whose domain stretched from Portugal to Transylvania, is a tangled one. Though given that Leno is fabulously wealthy, famous and has a penchant for collecting expensive cars, Leno has more in common with royal families than one might expect. There was plenty of inbreeding in this country also. This was absolutely genius! So many of her children and grandchildren married into royal families that she is sometimes referred to as "the grandmother of Modern Europe." I've always been a fan for trivia like this and remember hearing about the Hapsburg jaw in high school. Burgundy was a vast inheritance, including some of the richest cities in Europe in what are now Belgium and the Netherlands. Most societies have attached taboos and stigmas to marrying inside one's family, and it is rarely done. Kate P from The North Woods, USA on January 01, 2020: Fantastically researched and very well written. It would have bee rather noticeable if any of her predecessors had hemophilia, and they didn't. If it were, she would not have assumed her husband’s title and their children would not be heirs to the throne. This practice caused a host of ailments and deformities that can still plague descendants of these royal houses to this day. The Habsburg jaw, which is also known as the Habsburg lip, is one of the most common genetic disorders found in royal families. It is believed that she inherited the gene that causes hemophilia (haemophilia is the British spelling) from her father, Prince Edward, and not her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. In ancient times farmers already knew and practiced this. "While our study is based on historical figures, inbreeding is still common in some geographical regions and among some religious and ethnic groups, so it's important today to investigate the effects," he says. It is also possible that Tut's wife, Ankhesenamun, was either his full or half sister or his niece. In fact, today there are only a few places where marrying within the family is still condoned, mostly because of the remoteness of those locations (and their relatively small populations). Charles II, Habsburg jaw and all, was not able to produce any children of his own; researchers speculate that he may also have been infertile. But up until just a few centuries ago, it was common practice for people to marry their cousins and even their brothers and sisters (and in many remote rural regions, the practice continues today). It was considered a possible option as a means by which HM King Edward VIII might marry Wallis Simpson, but was rejected. 30 Rock supporting characters aside, references to the Habsburg jaw still pop up now and then in popular culture, including discussions of whether Jay Leno’s distinctive chin represents an … The researchers, led by geneticist Román Vilas from Spain’s University of Santiago de Compostela, focused on 15 members of the so-called Spanish Habsburgs. For example, the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer is described as morganatic because she was a commoner. This is indeed a genetic trait. also does anyone have any good primary sources on charles V jaw?? (It is true that her parents, my grandparents, were second cousins; however, both my mother and her brother were adopted.). Because of close marriages like these, stillbirths were common in the royal families, as were birth defects and genetic disorders. Compliments on your work in this hub. What is amazing is that these Royalties did not see for themselves what this inbreeding caused and changed it. Queen Victoria's father was in his 50's when she was conceived. Voted up. Historically, family line relations were often formed in royal houses to secure political alliances, strengthen the lines of succession, and ensure the noble purity of the bloodline. Though we are not born or raised in WV, we live here now and my husband who works as a social worker has had experience with the inbreds here. Don’t have kids. I had to Google David Icke just now, never heard of the guy! 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