User blog comment:BlouseGirl/Unanswered questions that still need answering/@comment-27441457-20160701040352/@comment-19654153-20160701041516

I was thinking about 3. a little and it was probably genetic modification, just as you said - perhaps the Ackerman family devoted themselves to the royal family long ago or were key figures taking part in the military somehow, but according to the article itself it shows that the Ackermans defied the First King's mindset, who then tried to drive the Ackermans into extinction.