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probably everyone here knows that Queen Victoria is ultimately the source of hemophilia among many of the royal families of Europe. i'd be willing to bet that fewer of us know that this actually happened purely by chance: Victoria (or possibly her mother) didn't have any ancestors who carried the allele that causes hemophilia, e.g., it was a random mutation that occurred in her specifically

suppose that she doesn't receive that random mutation, hence the royal families of Europe don't have hemophilia. what does everyone think would be the result?

one that immediately comes to mind is that Rasputin could very well not become influential if Alexei doesn't suffer like he did, which could have all sorts of repercussions on Russian history
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