Bloodlines of the Divine Rulers

Hey, guys. Welcome to another Tales of the Old World episode.

My name is Andrew, and we're gonna jump right in today because this one is nuts.

All right, so throughout human history, there have been many groups that

were obsessed with keeping their bloodline pure and many of them still do this to this day to some

degree. But in ancient times, and even up to just a few hundred years ago,

it was taken very seriously. All the way back to the beginning of human history,

the people who ruled over us were all from a specific genetic lineage and this is still

true to a large part today. Not just today's monarchs, but also many leaders