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The butterfly effects would add up and and any zygote formed would not be the hitler-as-we-know anymore, since it would be a different combination of sperm and eggs.

Who needs guns when you got a time machine? Don't like your highschool bully, just bump into their parents back in time. Or you know, "bump" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) into their parents.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

on a side note...

Important Note: In order to marry, Alois and Klara had to obtain a dispensation from the Church due to their close familial ties. This highlights the fact that they were indeed related and their marriage was considered unusual for the time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I need to know more. Source for quote please?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

https://allthatsinteresting.com/alois-hitler

Alois Hitler wanted to marry his cousin immediately, however, their close relation posed some legal difficulties and they had to request a dispensation from the local bishop. The bishop was clearly also disturbed by the very few degrees of separation between the pair and forwarded the request to the Vatican, who eventually granted it (perhaps because by this time Klara was already pregnant).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Were they cousins or 2nd cousins? Cuz these two links say both.

It's all gross, but one's grosser than the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

The church 50 some years later...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

See Alabama? This is why incest is bad. You get literal hitler....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Alabama will see that as a selling point.