The Whittakers family tree to see where they came from and who the rest of their family members were. The Whittakers came to light in Mark Laita’s videos he posted on his channel Soft White Underbelly interviewing the family from rural West Virginia. What is striking is the state of their living conditions and the clear disabilities members of the family have.
As their parents were first cousins and also second cousins, the poor physical and mental conditions helped to surface the rumors we see of the Appalachian mountains deep in rural United States.
These rumors are of inbreeding and poverty, the two factors we saw in the Whittakers. Despite this, Mark’s videos show that the Whittakers are just another family happy to be with each other and despite their challenges, care and support one another. (From YouTube video description)
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