Is the population of North Sentinel Island immune to the genetic effects of inbreeding?

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Not trying to be funny, either, but how could an isolated population, of a severely remote/xenophobic island, not just disappear due to the side effects of inbreeding? Do secluded populations eventually become immune to the mutations?

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Small population groups who are in contact with the outside world, like the Samaritans, are documented as having strong traditions as to who can marry whom. Likely these island tribes do as well

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