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Charlie Jones

Eldest sister of USA's most inbred family says other relatives 'don't visit anymore'

America's most inbred family have revealed they have relatives with normal lives but "none of the family visits anymore".

The Whittaker family have a complicated history of inbreeding, leaving them with various genetic defects.

Some members of the West Virginian clan can only communicate through grunts and barks instead of talking and even run away when people try to speak to them.

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