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Non Americans, what province is the "Alabama" of your country? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[–] Mananasi@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In the Netherlands it's Urk, although it's not a province but a municipality

[–] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's even a genetic disease specific to Urk. Half of the people who have it are from the the former island and as I understand it the others have their roots there.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buchem_disease

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

That's ok, your country is the size of a province.