Age: 39 (68 BC-29 BC) 'The Hollow': The inbred hillbilly hamlet where (literally) everyone's Doggy day-care! http://www.the-wagnerian.com/2013/10/audio-documentary-ludwig-ii-of-bavaria.html. This is because both Elizabeth Smith and Martin Fugate carried the genes for it, making it impossible not to be passed down. 5 Laita has helped the family to raise money to pay repairs and improvements at their home. Many of the children suffered from deformities and medical problems. His youngest daughter had children to her brother Charlie, a court heard. PMillera4/flickr/CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0. Some spoke only in grunts or squeals, and were beset with physical and mental health issues and irregularities. Mark Lita first met the Whittaker family after being granted access to their weird world after travelling to the aptly named small village Odd in West Virginia. Anna Wintour arrives arm-in-arm with rumored beau Bill Nighy at 2023 Met Gala. Hydrocephaly, or water on the brain, causes pressure on the sensitive tissue and leads to brain damage. The Grand Duke was known for infidelity and, on more than one occasion, was caught by Victoria in bed with others. He was also known to drool a lot. 16 Royals Who Suffered From Hereditary Mutations And Defects Caused By Now, filmmaker Mark Laita is sharing more about the inner workings of the family. But he has come under criticism for "perpetuating a stereotype" by locals and two YouTubers. When he died unexpectedly, she held onto his corpse and slept beside it every night. Betty and her younger brother, Charlie, had twelve children together. THE complicated lineage of a family dubbed the most inbred in America has been revealed after a filmmaker documented their lives. America's 'most famous inbred' family The Whittakers' complicated Researchers looked at four generations of Darwin and Wedgwood families and discovered many consanguineous marriages on both sides. The line began in the thirteenth century and ruled Austria, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire (which was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire) until the 1900s. The Colt children were sleeping in tents without running water, toilets, or electricity, had shuffling gait, and could not speak intelligible English. The three cant offer coherent answers as they have an undiagnosed mental condition. He would get drunk and drive his car into the building. When Ludwig was a child, his mother noted his penchant for dressing up and having a vivid imagination. The look of love! The Whittakers are the US's most-famous inbred family after a YouTuber gained access to their life (Image: Soft White Underbelly/Youtube) By. They said that Laita 'ostensibly is doing all this good work for them and raising money for them.'. The comments below have not been moderated. Caligula forced parents to watch the tortures and executions of their children. The Tragic Story of the Mad Queen of Castile Who Slept Next to Her Husbands Corpse, by Paolo Chua. Mark also showed viewers a fully stocked fridge, saying thats what $30,000 will do for you.