This popular website helps Icelandic couples avoid incest - Polidicks

[release] When your country has a population of just 300,000 people and it’s not a question of whether you are related to someone, just how far back, an Icelandic genealogy website is successfully identifying connections between couples, helping them avoid incest. The website is called Íslendingabók (the Book of Icelanders) and it lists information about the inhabitants of Iceland, dating more than 1,200 years back. It’s the result of a collaboration project between a genetics company, and an anti-virus software entrepreneur, and aims to trace all known family connections between Icelandic citizens. [img]http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/02/Screen-Shot-2012-02-06-at-15.05.28-520x361.png[/img] To stop themselves from dating close family relatives, Íslendingabók users simply have to enter their name and their partner’s name, and the database will determine how closely they are related (if at all). One user used it to see if he was related to anyone famous: Alli Thorgrimsson, for example, learned that he and Björk are related seven generations back, on both sides. He shares a closer ancestral tie with the current prime minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. Thanks to Íslendingabók, he also knows that his ex-wife was his seventh cousin, or in other words, not close enough to trigger an incest alarm. Quite the list of famous family members. The site isn’t new but it has helped users trace their family ties to chart the spread of disease through generations, also providing research to suggest that fertility rates increased if couples were third or fourth cousins. As GlobalPost puts it: “Luckily, it’s never been easier to find third and fourth cousins in Iceland.”[/release] [url]http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/02/06/this-popular-icelandic-website-that-helps-avoid-incest/[/url] Poor Iceland. I'm pretty sure they need a 'humanitarian' mission to help them repopulate.

As a history buff, I find this absolutely amazing. I would love to see my family history 1,200 years back. And of course to make sure I don't fuck my cousin :v:

[quote]Alli Thorgrimsson, for example, learned that he and Björk are related[/quote]I would kill to be related to Björk, no matter how many generations.

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34589807]I would kill to be related to Björk, no matter how many generations.[/QUOTE] If the number of generations doesn't matter then I have fantastic news for you

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34589807]I would kill to be related to Björk, no matter how many generations.[/QUOTE] We are all related, in a cosmic sense.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;34589827]If the number of generations doesn't matter then I have fantastic news for you[/QUOTE][img]http://i41.tinypic.com/1198n7d_th.gif[/img] Success!

My history teacher told me that even in Britian, everyone has a common ancestor as far back as 1610.

I could "lend" a hand in repopulation if they like.

[QUOTE=The mouse;34589884]My history teacher told me that even in Britian, everyone has a common ancestor as far back as 1610.[/QUOTE] Shitloads of people seem to have ancestors that are dukes and royal links.

[QUOTE=shian;34590010]Shitloads of people seem to have ancestors that are dukes and royal links.[/QUOTE] I know I do :v:

I find this somewhat hilarious.

[QUOTE=shian;34590010]Shitloads of people seem to have ancestors that are dukes and royal links.[/QUOTE] Nobody really wants to admit that they're related to somebody who once cleaned shit out of street gutters in the days when people relieved themselves in chamberpots and then proceeded to dump their waste wherever they pleased.:v: That's what I find so funny about people who claim to be reincarnated. They were never in their past life an ordinary person who worked at some less than desirable job; they're always famous and wealthy, or they participated in some famous historical event with great significance.

I remember seeing a show about this.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34590107]Nobody really wants to admit that they're related to somebody who once cleaned shit out of street gutters in the days when people relieved themselves in chamberpots and then proceeded to dump their waste wherever they pleased.:v: That's what I find so funny about people who claim to be reincarnated. They were never in their past life an ordinary person who worked at some less than desirable job; they're always famous and wealthy, or they participated in some famous historical event with great significance.[/QUOTE] My user name is titled Emperor because I'm Napoleon reincarnated.

This is a bit silly, I think. Unless you're related by a couple of generations, what's the big deal? You're hardly the same DNA after more than that.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34590149]My user name is titled Emperor because I'm Napoleon reincarnated.[/QUOTE] Oh yeah? Well I'm Spartacus.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34590190]Oh yeah? Well I'm Spartacus.[/QUOTE] No, I'm Sparticus. In the life before Napoleon. [editline]7th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;34590184]This is a bit silly, I think. Unless you're related by a couple of generations, what's the big deal? You're hardly the same DNA after more than that.[/QUOTE] An absence of a biological issue with something doesn't necessarily mean there's no social issue. Homosexuality is a prime example. [editline]7th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=lockdown6;34590180]my user name is titled lockdown because i was a prison in my past life[/QUOTE] Well that's what you get for supporting the Bourbons over me!

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34590205]No, I'm Sparticus. In the life before Napoleon.[/QUOTE] Well... well... WELL I WAS JESUS BEFORE I WAS SPARTACUS THEN. So joke's on you!

I'm Superman... wait.

[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;34590184]This is a bit silly, I think. Unless you're related by a couple of generations, what's the big deal? You're hardly the same DNA after more than that.[/QUOTE] If a same recessive gene keeps being transmitted, it could be jackpot sometime and be bad.

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;34590190]Oh yeah? Well I'm Spartacus.[/QUOTE] No I'm Spartacus.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34589801]As a history buff, I find this absolutely amazing. I would love to see my family history 1,200 years back. And of course to make sure I don't fuck my cousin :v:[/QUOTE] Same. Super interesting. There's some initiatives but it's never a complete database.

As cool as this is, "Íslendigabók" is a terribly silly sounding name.

[QUOTE=lockdown6;34590180]my user name is titled lockdown because i was a prison in my past life[/QUOTE] Mine is Big Dumb American because

I'd use the site to [i]find[/i] incest. [img]http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-q.gif[/img]

But from what I've researched, we're all related anyway. We can all trace our line back to Julius Caeser apparently.

[QUOTE=Shugo;34590331]I'd use the site to [i]find[/i] incest. [img]http://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/emot-q.gif[/img][/QUOTE] Why? Just go home and start touching your sister. You clearly want to :v: [editline]7th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Vasili;34590334]But from what I've researched, we're all related anyway. We can all trace our line back to Julius Caeser apparently.[/QUOTE] I'm mostly German and Polish, I don't think I'm connected to him as awesome as that would be.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;34590352]Why? Just go home and start touching your sister. You clearly want to :v: [editline]7th February 2012[/editline] I'm mostly German and Polish, I don't think I'm connected to him as awesome as that would be.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyknbCLys_8[/media] This explains it better than I could.

I'll have to watch it later, I'm currently in a university computer lab with no headphones.

well going back to your heritage comment, its very likely Julius did do a lot of fucking in his campaigns around Germany, Gaul and its likely he might of had a few children he was unaware of, and those children spread his genetic trait across the population. Even if he didn't, other parts of Caesers family would have.