• Question: Are we all related?

    Asked by anon-181148 on 12 Jun 2018.
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      Alex Haragan answered on 12 Jun 2018:

      For a given value of relation, yes.
      All humans are of the same species so we therefore all have a common ancestor, so ultimately, by very tenuous links, we are all related.
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      Quite what the nature of the common ancestor (if you are interested in the debate google “mitochondrial eve” for a fascinating read) is, in terms of times and dates and even origins geographically is up for debate, but yes at some level we are all related.

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