Webapr 3, 2023 · photographer mark laita has gone viral after documenting the lives of the whittakers, a heavily inbred west virginia family that only communicates in grunts and barks at passersby. Their family tree spans a couple of decades and explains. Webthe infamous whittaker family have a strange history with inbreeding leaving some members with genetic defects.

Webthe surviving whittaker family tree is currently comprised of siblings betty, lorraine and ray, as well as cousin timmy, after their brother freddie died of a heart attack. It was no longer a story of isolation but a tale of love, resilience, and. Weboct 20, 2023 · the story of the whittakers, once known as ‘america’s most inbred family,’ began to change.