Sons And Descendants Through The Paternal Line Of POWs More Likely To Die Early

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I found a study online that comes to the conclusion that the suffering of POWs held in Confederate POW Camps (and presumably Union Camps also) like Andersonville can be passed on to sons, and perhaps other descendants through the paternal line of descent so long as they are conceived after the fact. Apparently it increases the likelihood of early death in them by 11%. This happens through epigenetics. Here is the scientific paper.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1803630115

And a more popsci one

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-evidence-intergenerational-transmission-trauma-ex-pows.amp

Makes me wonder what else we have inherited.
 
Wow. The study could be extended to descendants of concentration camps. What happened in Nazi occupied Europe was horrible. Those in Japanese custody were probably worse off. Daily beatings as well as starvation.
 
I found a study online that comes to the conclusion that the suffering of POWs held in Confederate POW Camps (and presumably Union Camps also) like Andersonville can be passed on to sons, and perhaps other descendants through the paternal line of descent so long as they are conceived after the fact. Apparently it increases the likelihood of early death in them by 11%. This happens through epigenetics. Here is the scientific paper.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1803630115

And a more popsci one

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-evidence-intergenerational-transmission-trauma-ex-pows.amp

Makes me wonder what else we have inherited.

Here's a BBC article from March 2019 that continues to explore this intriguing possibility and also cites the study of survivors of Andersonville and their children and grandchildren born after the war. It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that trauma is somehow passed down through the generations. It would make sense as an evolutionary survival mechanism for creatures living in the wild, as humans were not so long ago. It would be a very difficult thing to prove scientifically as the article notes, but this type of research is in its early stages. It’s one of those things that you intuitively feel must be true; it’s just a matter of proving it.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/201...HPJ-qK5BtOn57UbkaR9rDCoFWOoQpvVvIJDrUl6XX7zZU
 
I found a study online that comes to the conclusion that the suffering of POWs held in Confederate POW Camps (and presumably Union Camps also) like Andersonville can be passed on to sons, and perhaps other descendants through the paternal line of descent so long as they are conceived after the fact. Apparently it increases the likelihood of early death in them by 11%. This happens through epigenetics. Here is the scientific paper.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1803630115

And a more popsci one

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-evidence-intergenerational-transmission-trauma-ex-pows.amp

Makes me wonder what else we have inherited.

Interesting
 
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