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if I was to have a baby with my cousin, is that illegal?
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lol.....no but it might have something wrong with it. If you and your cousin have a recessive gene disorder then your baby would be more likely to carry it.
There are hundreds of different recessive genetic disorders, many associated with severe disability and sometimes early death, and each caused by a different variant gene.
We all have two copies of every gene. If you inherit one variant gene you will not fall ill.
If, however, a child inherits a copy of the same variant gene from each of its parents it will develop one of these illnesses.
The variant genes that cause genetic illness tend to be very rare. In the general population the likelihood of a couple having the same variant gene is a hundred to one.
In cousin marriages, if one partner has a variant gene the risk that the other has it too is far higher - more like one in eight.
Myra Ali has a very rare recessive genetic condition, known as Epidermolisis Bulosa.
Her parents were first cousins. So were her grandparents.
"My skin is really fragile, and can blister very easily with a slight knock or tear," she says.
Myra has strong views about the practice of cousin marriage as a result. "I'm against it, because there's a high risk of illness occurring", she says. "
Just for the usual lot that say there is no risk!!
There are hundreds of different recessive genetic disorders, many associated with severe disability and sometimes early death, and each caused by a different variant gene.
We all have two copies of every gene. If you inherit one variant gene you will not fall ill.
If, however, a child inherits a copy of the same variant gene from each of its parents it will develop one of these illnesses.
The variant genes that cause genetic illness tend to be very rare. In the general population the likelihood of a couple having the same variant gene is a hundred to one.
In cousin marriages, if one partner has a variant gene the risk that the other has it too is far higher - more like one in eight.
Myra Ali has a very rare recessive genetic condition, known as Epidermolisis Bulosa.
Her parents were first cousins. So were her grandparents.
"My skin is really fragile, and can blister very easily with a slight knock or tear," she says.
Myra has strong views about the practice of cousin marriage as a result. "I'm against it, because there's a high risk of illness occurring", she says. "
Just for the usual lot that say there is no risk!!
Here's a picture of Goodsoulette and her cousin. Destiny is a choice!!!
http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/3/tat too_freaks.jpg
http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/data/media/3/tat too_freaks.jpg
