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perhabsburg this incest thing isn't a good idea (quokk.au)
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Context: The Habsburg liked to keep it in the family.

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[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 21 points 4 days ago

Family wreath

[โ€“] TachyonTele@piefed.social 15 points 4 days ago

It's the ciiiiircle of life ๐ŸŽถ

[โ€“] Themistocles@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

The family tree, all time honored as it was, had put forth, at no period, any enduring branch

[โ€“] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

Well they certainly did keep 'it' in the family

[โ€“] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

Kids in Alabama have it rough. When other kids are making family trees, they're drawing figures of eight.