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Charles Darwin had ten children: two died in infancy, and Annie's death at the age of ten had a devastating effect on her parents. Charles was a devoted father and uncommonly attentive to his children. Whenever they fell ill he feared that they might have inherited weaknesses from inbreeding due to the close family ties he shared with his wife and cousin, Emma Wedgewood. Despite his fears, most of the surviving children went on to have distinguished careers as notable members of the prominent Darwin-Wedgewood Family. Of his surviving children, George, Francis and Horace became Fellows of the Royal Society. His son Leonard however followed a different career becoming a soldier.

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