yes the chance of them having the same or close to family is still high. A ship genetist/match maker? I know in some cultures they have ways to deal with issues of genetics.
A matchmaker is one. Lore keeping, to include whose related to who and how and who might not make for good gene sharing? Offering our wife/daughter for a night to a visitor may be another. Local neutral zones, such as a hot springs or like? On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Onno Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Johannes wrote: > > An other idea i have developed with some friends a while ago, that could > > be used for ensuring genetic diversity, though we had thought about > > isolated mounntain villages in fantasy settings at that time. > > > > Parents have to exchnage their kids for ones from a different > > valley/ship/.. . A priesthood acts as clearinghouse for for child > > transfers. > > Hello Johannes, > > if handled carefully, it would assure that no two youngsters > from the same ship/valley have the same parents, and all are > genetically safe. Still, the thought is icky. And who says > that each kid will find someone for life in the small group > they grew up with? > > Regards, > Onno > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Poetry-L/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adulthumor-L/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Abrigon-World/ _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
