00:06:14.840And then also some were born in a hospital.
00:06:17.340Now me and all my brothers, we were all born in the hospital.
00:06:20.960So it all varies from family to family most of the time.
00:06:24.920Are you allowed to use like municipalities like a hospital and like a public park and those sorts of things?
00:06:31.680Like where does the line differ between if you're Amish and you're just straight up supposed to be at the house, you know, like using chalk and just eating butter, you know, out of each other's hats.
00:29:16.460Because, so you're, you're supposed to throw it up five times.
00:29:19.920And if you throw it up five times and no one runs through to the other base, then you can go on one base and count to basically do a countdown.
00:29:28.040And then if no one goes off of that base and goes through before you're done, you can just, even though they're on base, you can go touch them and, you know, get them out.
00:29:36.420Oh, they can actually physically catch them?
00:29:47.880So, like, it depends on like, it depends how rough, like, the, the harder you try to get away, I guess you were, you accepted the roughness and you were basically, you run through and try not to get caught.
00:30:01.020And then you, then someone takes you down on the ground, you crawl, you crawl for the base.
00:30:05.800It's like, it's almost like Vietnam and stuff.
00:30:37.280But it like, when it was like a rainy day or something, like sometimes we played board games and then not as much, but most times like we all played with each other because we didn't know stuff yet.
00:31:04.140Like at some point, do people feel some attraction?
00:31:06.160Like, do you think like, uh, maybe, maybe, but so the school I went to, I, I couldn't really do that because, uh, pretty much everyone I went to school with was either the first or second cousin.
00:31:44.680The Amish population experiences a strong founder effect, meaning that their gene pool originates from a small number of original settlers.
00:31:52.480Most Amish people are distantly related because nearly all Amish in America descended from a small group of about 200 to 500 founders who immigrated from Germany and Switzerland in the 18th century.
00:32:03.280The genetic closeness increases the likelihood of certain inherited conditions with some rare genetic disorders much more common among Amish than in the general U.S. population.
00:32:11.380Do you guys have, um, oh, this says cousin marriage.
00:32:43.020But we do have, like, a big book that, that tells us, like, all Amish communities, like, in certain states, like, who, like, basically a dictionary for, for, like, Amish people and who's related to who and.
00:32:56.780It's basically, like, Google for the Amish when it comes to, like, finding, like, oh, yeah, this person's related to this or how old is this person.
00:33:04.680And it's kind of, even got their, like, addresses and stuff.
00:33:20.500Because they put, like, they, like, they put, like, two different, was it, two different names on the front, like, whoever, like, put it together and stuff.
00:33:55.280Oh, yeah, you got to, somebody's got to know who's related or you got to be able to ask somebody.
00:33:59.740So could there be people in your school that are your cousin, you don't even know it?
00:34:03.560Ah, no, because everyone in the school, like, they drive there with a horse and bucky, so it's fairly close because we have, like, let me think.
00:34:11.360I, I, I think it's like half, at least half a dozen schools in our, in our, like, community.
00:34:41.020Somebody will just raise a barn with their eyes, you know, just put a nail through a four by four with their, just, with their, with their, with the sheer, just, you know, with just a blink of an eye.
00:34:48.980I don't know if we have autism, but, like, we have, like, some with Down syndrome.
00:35:01.380Cause me and him, uh, me and him, I don't, like, I, I just remembered that I carried, like, carried wood with him.
00:35:07.600Like, me and him carried wood into the, like, wood box for a stove, and I don't know why, but apparently I used to tease him a little bit, too.
00:55:44.540But, like, if I were to get a, like, a girlfriend that was not Amish, she would either have to become Amish or I would have to, like, leave, like, the Amish.
00:55:53.480Do you think that there are a lot of women out there who are willing to become Amish?
00:56:17.980What's the thing that keeps them away from that, makes people afraid to take that final step, do you think?
00:56:22.940I think it's, like, it's, I think it's a loss of, like, like, your phone, the lights on the ceiling, the fans on the ceiling, like, the vents and holes in the ceiling.
00:56:34.200And then, like, the couch, the TV, and then whatever else, you know, like, whatever else Hojila used.
00:56:42.260If you have an Amish wife, does a wife have to provide, like, food and sexuals and stuff for the husband?
00:56:47.740Or is it just, is it always negotiable?
00:56:50.100Or does the wife have, like, a responsibility for, kind of, food and sexuals and stuff?
00:56:54.520Yeah, so, the way, like, it's, everyone kind of accepts, like, their, like, it's just, how do I say this?
00:57:01.660It's, like, normal, and you, like, it's where, it's kind of, like, it's where, it's, everyone has a mutual understanding of, like, what they have to do, right?
00:57:11.120Because, like, the woman, you know, cooks, cleans, you know, takes care of things around the house.
00:57:16.440And then, like, if she needs help, she'll ask, like, the husband for, like, help.
00:57:22.020And then, usually, the husband's, you know, gone most of the day working, like, either building houses, plowing the fields, or cutting, like, lumber, or making cabinets, or even polishing cabinets, stuff like that.
00:57:34.000But, like, they help each other when they're, when they're, like, at, like, at home, like, if it needs.
00:57:40.420But, yeah, like, the, like, the wife does cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids.
01:00:16.360I've not really, I mean, we don't have it very often, but another pie that's really good is mince pie, like, uh, pumpkin pie, that's really good.
01:02:10.240And I used to, like, pretend there was, like, a whole world there in the, in the garden.
01:02:14.720So, mom didn't really like, when I played in the garden, when it was, like, all, all the corn was up, the potatoes.
01:02:20.880Like, I actually liked playing when it was corn, corn was up, and then, uh, the potatoes, because it was, like, it was way more possibilities for imagination.
01:02:50.520That's when I decided, you know, if I do play in, like, when I do play with cars and stuff, and out in the dirt, like, the, the garden's the place to be.
01:02:59.700And do people start dating within the Amish culture at a certain age, or is it kind of taboo, or how does it work?
01:03:05.240Like, is there a dance, like, at school where you can invite a girl to a dance?
01:03:08.600Like, how does dating and that sort of, like, adolescent attraction kind of stuff like that, where you trying to get, you know, you trying to, uh, you know, meet a girl, or if you have a first kiss?
01:03:19.780What's that, how's that whole universe in the Amish culture?
01:03:22.140So, like, our school only goes until 8th grade, so we're out of school in, like, 13 or 14, so.
01:03:52.340You basically have an original, you kind of have, like, one of the self-driving cars.
01:03:55.020Yeah, because if you fall asleep on your horse, you know, it might not be the safest way, you know, because you might, you know, go a little bit over on the road, but as long as the people with, like, steering wheels and stuff, they'll be, as long as they're, like, okay and stuff, the horse will, like, go home.
01:04:08.760And, like, so, the way it works for, like, dating, if you're, like, what is it?
01:04:13.580Like, so, like, 16 and a half, like, some, it depends on the parents.
01:04:16.880Like, my mom and dad, like, they weren't really allowed to, like, become, like, date, like, official boyfriend, girlfriend, uh, until, like, until they were 18.
01:04:28.340But, like, in our community, like, right now, like, like, it basically happens whenever now, like, as soon as you join, like, the, like, room springer, like, you can.
01:04:38.740And usually the way you meet and hang out is through sing-ins, like, after church or at, like, weekend parties.
01:04:45.960So, weekend parties, are those, do those happen in your district or those happen off of property?
01:04:50.900That, it, it all, it varies where the Amish party is.
01:04:54.020Sometimes it happens when the, like, sometimes when the parents aren't home, we go to, like, uh, we go to, like, their place and party there.
01:05:02.300So, at Amish parties, will people just, like, are people drinking and stuff like that?
01:05:06.000It's a little bit more, like, freewheeling?
01:05:07.600Yeah, yeah, like, drinking and then, like, even, like, the vapes things popped up, too, like.
01:06:25.640Yeah, but now, like, all Amish that, like, party and stuff, like, our number one way of, like, talking to each other is through, like, Snapchat.
01:06:35.560Yeah, like, if you, uh, if they've been Amish, like, a young Amish person that is roughly my age, if they have a phone, like, a smartphone, they have Snapchat.
01:06:46.440When was the first time you saw a phone or a screen, do you remember?
01:06:49.860Uh, I think it was one time, it was not the first time, but I remember this one time when one of my ex-Amish uncles was at our place with this girlfriend, and, and she let me look, like, look on her phone, and I was, like, sitting right beside her, and she, she grabbed out her phone, and she, like, started texting someone, and she was, she was flying through, like, the keyboard and stuff.
01:07:11.380If you were, like, swiping, little lines, and all of a sudden, words popped up, like, it was, like, it was, like, bop, bop, bop, bop, the words, like, almost as fast as you can, like, talk, and stuff.
01:07:28.860Um, what things are forbidden in you guys' culture, kind of?
01:07:31.500Uh, a lot of things are, like, electricity, um, like, having a smartphone, we're allowed to have, like, phones for, like, our businesses, like, phone shacks and stuff, and then TVs, what else, like, pretty much anything that, like, doesn't have, like, that, that requires, like, electricity and stuff, and also, like, certain, certain color of, like, shirts, dresses, if it's too bright, it can also be, like, like,
01:08:01.500like, you can, the bishop or deacon will talk to you about it.