The Disturbing Legacy of America's Most Inbred Family

Photographer Mark Laita has documented the lives of the Whittakers, known as "America's most inbred family," who reside in the rural mountain town of Odd, West Virginia. The family communicates only in grunts and barks at passersby, and some members have physical and mental aberrations due to inbreeding. Laita's goal is to shed light on the poverty in the area and has set up a GoFundMe to help the family with living expenses and home improvements. Despite their communication limitations, the Whittakers seem to comprehend Laita's questions, and he claims that they face a really rough life.