BigIrish77
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Hello again, everyone. Here I am with yet another question.
In my story, I have a village of people who live on an island off the coast of SW Ireland that will implode on itself around the year 1750. These people have powers that can be passed on, but only if they have a child with someone else from the island.
This can continue after the island has crumbled, but they must be direct descendants from the island. Now, obviously, through the years, people marry people with no relation to the island, so the powers don't transfer to their kids, lessening the prospective gene pool until now, when we are dealing with the last family to be able to pass on powers.
My question is, how many people will I need to have on that island when the time comes to evacuate to keep the powers gene pool running, without inbreeding (obviously), for those 263 years?
I was thinking 4000 surviving people on the island when it implodes, but if I can do fewer, I would love to.
So, what say you all?
In my story, I have a village of people who live on an island off the coast of SW Ireland that will implode on itself around the year 1750. These people have powers that can be passed on, but only if they have a child with someone else from the island.
This can continue after the island has crumbled, but they must be direct descendants from the island. Now, obviously, through the years, people marry people with no relation to the island, so the powers don't transfer to their kids, lessening the prospective gene pool until now, when we are dealing with the last family to be able to pass on powers.
My question is, how many people will I need to have on that island when the time comes to evacuate to keep the powers gene pool running, without inbreeding (obviously), for those 263 years?
I was thinking 4000 surviving people on the island when it implodes, but if I can do fewer, I would love to.
So, what say you all?