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3 kwi 2023 · Photographer Mark Laita has gone viral after documenting the lives of the Whittakers, a heavily inbred West Virginia family that only communicates in grunts and barks at passersby.
Luis, 19 and Brandon, 21, from Odd, West Virginia, spoke about their experiences growing up as part of the Whittaker family, who have been dubbed the world's most inbred
The family's inbreeding saga began with identical twin brothers, Henry and John Whittaker, whose descendants married each other. Henry and John’s children, including Harry and Sally, had seven...
3 cze 2008 · How’d West Virginia get a reputation for inbreeding? Exaggeration-prone outsiders. In the 1880s and 1890s, writers such as Mary Noailles Murfree and John Fox Jr. traveled across Appalachia,...
He was describing his first ever encounter with the Whittakers, who reside in the rural mountain town of Odd, West Virginia, which boasts an infamously tight-knit population of around 779 people.
14 lut 2023 · What's the truth about inbreeding in Appalachia in places like West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee? Join me for a hard hitting look at this grotesque stereotype of inbreeding and inbred...
31 maj 2022 · THE horrifying secrets of the "most famous inbred family who speak in grunts and live in squalor" in a town called Odd are being revealed. The Whittaker family is well-known for their oddities. Now, filmmaker Mark Laita is sharing more about the inner workings of the family.
