User blog comment:LurkerLordB/Real-Life People born after a POD/@comment-1375165-20120803044713/@comment-4621372-20120803120205

Actaully, there are several major differences.

Imagine if KIng Henry the First ate a Lamphrey for breakfast sometime in the middle of his reign, when he didn't OTL.

NOw, you have to remember, of those sperm cells, some will be male, some will be female, some will have birth defects, some will be uglier, stupider, smarter, more handsome, etc. Each of these affects who they- ehh- copulate with. Thus, in one generation, in a population of, say, a 1000 people, you have around 550 variations- 500 for the male-female, 50 for the rest.

Now imagine 5 generations down the line. Most probably, you have a 100% variation rate.