Joel Kontinen
A trait of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain was the Habsburg jaw, that was most likely the result of centuries of inbreeding.
The line from the 16th to the 18th centuries that came to an end, when Charles 2 died in 1700, failing to produce an heir.
Now, scientists have said that centuries of inbreeding had brought this deformity on their faces.
This causes us to wonder at the goodness of God and to say that this deformity was caused by selection.- not the natural kind - of centuries of inbreeding caused by genetic homozygosity, when all descendants share the same genes to produce a human being.
Thus, inbreeding can spoil the great walks of God, who wants us to be elegant.
Source:
Saplakoglu, Yasemin. 2019, Inbreeding Caused the Distinctive 'Habsburg Jaw' of 17th Century Royals That Ruled Europe. Live Science (2 December).
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