Monday, June 27, 2005 The Amish, Inbreeding, and Bush Near my home in Ohio, a short drive will land you smack dab in Amish Country. It appears that an insular genetic pool like the Amish has geneticists enthralled. Studies are being conducted by geneticists to examine how 200 yrs of inbreeding has effected the Amish and their children, which frequently suffer from genetic abnormalities. 200 yrs of inbreeding?... hmm, maybe that explains the overwhelming Amish support of Bush & his policies, and why they actually believed Bush's crap when he told them: "God speaks through me." |