The horrific family history of a sexually voracious patriarch who fancied himself as a travelling minstrel but really was a rapist of his own daughters and granddaughter has now been put in context. It was conceded at one trial that all 13 children of Betty Colt were likely fathered by her own father. The new family tree of the Colts probably does not even truly reflect how close those relations were. The story of the clan’s history pieced together by from different trials and hearings shows the degree to which family members cohabited and conceived children with parents, siblings and other close relatives. The incest clan’s darkest secrets have emerged during court trials of eight adult members of the Colt family – a court appointed pseudonym to protect the identity of the family’s children. A new family tree of the world’s worst incest clan, the Colts of Australia, reveals the extent of the family’s depravity.
