Widespread inbreeding between the Darwin and Wedgwood families was probably to blame for Charles Darwin’s ill health, and the childhood tragedies and infertility that blighted his family. That’s the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research suggests that Charles Darwin's family was a living human example of a theory that he developed about plants: that inbreeding could negatively affect the health and number ...

This is ironic: Studies are now suggesting that Charles Darwin’s family suffered from a rash of birth and growth defects. Because of inbreeding. Like, serious inbreeding. Like, he was schtupping his ...

This is the pedigree of the Darwin/Wedgwood dynasty represented as chains of descent. Credit: Figure courtesy of Tim Berra, Ohio State University This is the pedigree of the Darwin/Wedgwood dynasty ...