A filmmaker who has been documenting the lives of the Whittaker family in West Virginia, who are known as 'America's most inbred family', has been accused of being exploitative View 3 Images The Whittaker family have been dubbed the most 'inbred family' (Image: YouTube/Soft White Underbelly)

The filmmaker who brought attention to what's been dubbed "America's most inbred family" has disclosed details of his initial encounter with them. ‌

Mark Laita, who first created a video about the Whittakers from Odd, West Virginia, five years ago, has made regular return visits to document the family's story through YouTube updates. The Whittaker clan's inbreeding began when offspring of identical twin brothers Henry and John wed one another, leading to successive generations of inbr

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