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. Webt he descendants of the infamous whittaker family from odd, west virginia, shed light on the impact that a history of inbreeding and the prevalent opioid crisis have had on their. Webthe whittaker family, who live in the village of odd, 75 miles from charleston, west virginia, have a complicated history with inbreeding, leaving some family members to live with.