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THE jutting 'Habsburg jaw' - a facial deformity common to the European royal family of the same name - was the results of centuries of inbreeding, according to a new study. Generations of intermarriage secured the Habsburg dynasty's dominance over a vast European empire encompassing Austria and Spain between the 15th and 17th centuries.

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