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Fun fact, Elsa was his second cousin on his dad's side, and his first cousin on his mom's side
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Einstein
Edit. From the wiki
That’s relatively interesting
Well, that's the theory at least.
Wow, the gravity of this is intense!
Elsa = Married Cousin2
That's heavy.
It’s just a theory. A familial theory.
A theory of relativ(e)ity
A Famtheory
Step-theory, what are you doing?
Gotta keep it in the fam, I guess
Since Al couldn’t keep it in his pants.
It's a little disappointing when it's 7:00 am and you know you're not going to read a better comment all day
I wonder what happened to his previous wife
that's such a good joke
That went right over my head so thanks , getting myself another coffee lol
Well, Einstein was relatively horny.
I was gonna make a joke that she just looks like Einstein in drag, but this makes more sense lol
Yeah I was going to say she actually looks like a gender swapped version of him
It’s funny to me because I’m pretty sure I have similar relatives that look absolutely nothing like anyone in my immediate family.
My mom got adopted by her uncle at a young age. My mom married my dad and then my mom’s brother/cousin married my dad’s sister. Their entire family looks nothing like me and my siblings.
I'm gonna need a diagram or something to explain how this works
Their mothers were sisters and their fathers were first cousins. Elsa and Albert shared a considerable amount of genetic similarity. Pretty foul.
Albert Einstein's parents, Hermann Einstein and Pauline Koch, were not related by blood.
2 cousins married a pair of sisters. Albert and Elsa are their kids.
Einstein=Mom's Cousin2
Mileva got a raw deal. Albert fell in love with her for her intellect and then actively tried to squash it.
Ugh. Poor Mileva. A tale as old as time :/
Can you elaborate on that or give a source? I read her Wikipedia page and it seems there is debate about her contributions to his work but I didn't see anything about him actively suppressing her intellect. It seems like she may have helped him with some things but went uncredited, but not necessarily in an unusual or resented way (for the time).
I listened to the Dollop series on Einstein. Irregardless of her contributions to his work, they met in the same math/physics university classes and she got there on her own merit. She was incredibly smart and that's why he was initially interested in her. Then after they got married he eventually completely shunned her and said they couldn't be in the same room at the same time, and left her with the children. And dude was a Playboy that cheated on her with multiple women.
Here's a list of rules he had for Mileva: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/einsteins-rules-for-his-wife-2012-4%3famp
She was a brilliant woman who was reduced to his servant.
Damn, what an asshole. Glad they got divorced in that case. Thanks for sharing.
The link seems to be broken
their family tree must be a circle.
More like a family bush.
I read he and Elsa had some kids. One died of diphtheria. Another died young and the reason was unlisted. Could it be due to inbreeding?
Inbreeding isn't a cause in of itself. You can even have healthy children from siblings. It's a matter of probability and increasing the chance of harmful traits being passed on, but it doesn't manifest issues on its own.
There’s a couple in Australia who are quite open about being father and daughter and who have had children who apparently are healthy.
I mean physically. I imagine they’ll be totally fucked up mentally with that family.
My dad married his first cousin and had my half sister. She died of cancer at the start of Covid. I never could figure out if she was weird cause of inbreeding or the alcoholism of my dad and her mom.
I was related to her Mom thru HER and my Father
That's not a cause of death.
There's been studies done confirming that rate of near natal and childhood death increases if the child comes from a first cousin union
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/consanguinity#:~:text=Multinational%20studies%20among%20first%2Dcousin,overall%20prereproductive%20mortality%20%5B2%5D.
We are talking about a 1%-4% excess over unrelated parents (which is at about 5% I believe, most likely higher back then). You can suggest that it may have been influenced by it but it's hard to point to it as the most significant factor.
Yes but the cause of death is like "heart failure" or "recessive genetic disease," not "inbred."
It's supposed to be the "theory of relativity"
Not practice with relatives...
So his mom and dad were cousins too?
I need to see a family tree here
It's the wreathe they hang on their door at Christmas time.
Yeah, I think I could gather something to that effect from the photo.
Second wife; second cousin. Same diff.
I was gonna say, they had an uncanny similarity and gave me the impression that they were related. That’s kind of crazy.
Damn. I was reading too that apparently he and his sons didn't talk much after that.
Goddamn I thought they looked related. Didn't think I was actually right
They say his first wife actually came up with the theory of relativity.
Yes, although an analysis of the situation suggests that's unlikely.
Just came here to say, cousin's or dating..
Elsa also was a regular on the three stooges television show playing straight bits as a wife or shopper who curly joe had an affection for. ** Naw but its the first thng l thought when l saw her pic
Great location, too -- 707 South Oakland Avenue. Walking distance to Trader Joe's and Howlin' Ray's Hot Chicken!
He fucked up. It's his own fault for not being a Pasadena homeowner in 2024 and missing out on all the home appreciation.
Zillow has it about $1.9M, so yeah, it's gone up about a bazillion percent since 1931!
Damn, I could go for a lucky boy burrito
Yeah those are epicly killer!
That house gonna be two and a half mil nowdays
Zillow estimates it at $1.9M but of course if they sold it as "Einstein's LA crib"...
I was close!
Damn. I’m in my car waiting to pick up a friend while browsing reddit. Thats like 5 houses down from me!
This the one he cheated on, or with?
Both
This is his second wife, who he married after cheating on his first wife with her.
Is she funny or something?
Her?
Well she’s a very… handsome woman.
Albert has better hair.....
(never thought I'd ever say that)
Fun fact, she is commemorated on the $1 dollar bill
they have a face for radio.
A very handsome lady
Dis he marry another Albert Einstein?
Well they are cousins, so yeah kinda /s
Not even normal cousins but cousins on both sides, one first and one second. They are even closer than first cousins.
He's 52 in this image? He did not age well.
Age is relative. So was his wife, apparently.
🤣
To be fair, he looked like thay since his early 20
I didn't know he was known for his looks
The Nazi’s had that effect on many German Jews
They used the same conditioner.
Acetone?
I thought this was Einstein and George Washington for a sec
I thought it was someone playing Einstein & Jeff Bridges wearing a dress for a movie
Same
That's a dude
She looks a bit like Stellan Skarsgard
Brutal.. like a Harkonnen.