Queen Victoria and Family, 1897

Queen Victoria and the royal family in 1897. A family tree of portraits commemorating Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Inbreeding was common among royal families, causing genetic disorders. Victoria was married to her first cousin. She was a carrier of the gene causing hemophilia (recurrent bleeding). Her son, Prince Leopold, died of this. Two of Victoria's daughters were carriers of the gene, passing the disease on to the Spanish and Russian royal families

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Ancestry Genealogy Genes Genetics Hemophilia Heredity Intermarriage Jubilee

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