Baby, were you born this way?

AsapSCIENCE duo Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown explore the genetics of being gay in their latest myth-busting YouTube video.

"Ultimately, a specific gay gene has not been found, but scientific evidence does suggest that human sexual orientation is strongly linked to genetics and tightly regulated at the molecular level," the guys say.

While unpacking their many findings, you may be surprised to learn that gay men have more gay relatives than straight men do. Gay people are also more likely to have gay siblings who share similar linkages on their chromosomes.

But gay people don’t reproduce as much as straight people, so shouldn't they die out? A controversial UCLA study using twins proposed that everyone has the "gay gene," even if it's not triggered. And according to the Gay Uncle Hypothesis, "gay members of a family that don’t reproduce still increase the prevalence of their family’s genes in future generations by helping to provide resources for offspring that they’re related to."

Putting genetic manipulation into more of a social context, Moffit and Brown also made a companion video in which they address the LGBT community's fears about this type of research, pointing out that the Nazis tried to understand the biology behind homosexuality in order to eliminate it.

Could genetic research be used against gay people in the future? In theory, absolutely. "There may not be a gay gene, but from a biological perspective, yes, being gay is likely highly controlled by genetics," Brown says.

Moffit, however, believes that the community will benefit from research that proves being gay is not a choice. "The more we can understand the genetic background of homosexuality, the more we can mitigate the types of punishments that gay people are receiving around the world," he says.

Moffit and Brown came out to their followers as gay and a couple in 2014.

Geek out over gay genetics below.