Were all 4 of your grandparents born within 80 km (50 mi) of each other?

[Finnish Swede]

Nope. Of course not.

They all are born within some 1340km of each others.

[Mens-Sarda]

For Sardinians it's quite normal to have all the grandparents from the same place, or from the same sub-region of the island. In Sardinia there is a kind of natural diffidence toward strangers, even towards people from nearby villages. Maybe it's for these reasons along with geographic isolation that Sardinian DNA remained so archaic since remote ages. This kind of way of thinking is well summarized in a traditional proverb : Si léas muzére, léala in bidda, e si podes, in carrela. (If you take wife, take her in your village, and if you can, in your street).

[Vojnik]

Yes. All within 33 kms. two from modern day Macedonia, and two from modern day Greece.

[Ouistreham]

No.
France is much too large.

For Sardinians it's quite normal to have all the grandparents from the same place, or from the same sub-region of the island. In Sardinia there is a kind of natural diffidence toward strangers, even towards people from nearby villages. Maybe it's for these reasons along with geographic isolation that Sardinian DNA remained so archaic since remote ages. This kind of way of thinking is well summarized in a traditional proverb : Si léas muzére, léala in bidda, e si podes, in carrela. (If you take wife, take her in your village, and if you can, in your street).

Ever considered the risk of consanguinity?
Or is it not part of your culture?

[Mens-Sarda]

No.
France is much too large.



Ever considered the risk of consanguinity?
Or is it not part of your culture?

Consanguinity is seen as a bad thing, here no one uses to marry a relative, in the past it was considered accetable to marry a cousin, but nowadays it's uncommon.

[Berlko2]

No, a little further away from each other: paternal grandparents 150km away and maternal grandparents 90km away.

Though my great-great-grandparents were 2nd cousins and neighbors (000,1km from each other) haha

[Annie999]

Yup, all in the Montevideo area.

[SvartVarg]

Yes. Two lived three blocks apart in the same town & the other two were less than 50 miles away.

[Sp_loa]

Nope... the same country but far from each other.

[Smitty]

No. About 150 miles (250 km).