>>>> "Everyone in Iceland is related." Of course, this makes sense, since it's a small island. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/02/icelands_entire.html
That's pretty funny, but you're right, not too surprising. If the people are, then I think it's safe to assume that the horses are too. It really amazes me to talk about breeding certain "lines" of Icelandic's, as if some are royalty or something. (Meaning the horses, of course.) I still will actively refrain from breeding closely related horses - ones with common ancestors in the past few generations - but it just proves that there's a limit to how elite certain lines can be compared to others. There's still no justification for in-breeding to my way of thinking - even if you call it "line-breeding". Seems like we need to do whatever we can to keep what existing diversity we have in the gene pool stirred up. Has anyone else noticed that it's hard to find an Icelandic Horse who's NOT related to one or more of the "famous" stallions? Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
