All humans have like 99.9% shared DNA with every other human on a planet. Hell we have about 50% shared DNA with a banana.
Comment on Southern USA core.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoreletively yes but you still shouldn’t.
a 1st cousin has like 16% shared dna. half removed is half that. 2nd cousin is half of the half removed and it repeats.
so 1st > 1st half removed > 2nd > 2nd half removed> … nth.
after a few steps in your percentage is already pretty fucking low.
Siethron@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I assume the 16% is of the portion of DNA which varies among humans, not the shared portion which makes one human in the first place.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
No no, I think he’s talking about cross-species cousins
axexrx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
4% to a banana 50 with an ape iirc
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Iirc first cousins have a 5% chance of terrible outcomes, which might sound low but… anyone who has played D&D or other d20 TTRPGs know how often 1s hit.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Yeah, about 5% of the time…