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Cousin Marriages, Should They Be Made Illegal?

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youngmafbog | 10:43 Sat 07th Jul 2018 | News
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Seems that it causes defects, must admit I wasnt aware that it was that risky, and we're not just talking the Rednecks here.

What about the potential cost to the NHS if new cultures have a more open acceptance of them?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5927581/The-tragic-truth-cousin-marriages.html
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the problem with 'cousin marriages' in the Pakistani community is that they are so common they occur again and again in someone's blood line, it's not just a one off event of say me marrying my cousin. That would be unlikely to result in recessive gene disorders because it would be a one off, however if my mother had married he cousin and my grandmother married...
10:51 Sat 07th Jul 2018
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ummm, 2 out of 4 children being autistic from my cousins' marriage might just indicate a problem with close marriages. In your case it might just be in your family history. It might be in OUR family history, but if it is, I'm not aware of it.
07:21 Mon 09th Jul 2018
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It feels a bit weird, the thought of marrying your cousin. Not far off from marrying your brother (or sister).
07:28 Mon 09th Jul 2018
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Precisely
07:41 Mon 09th Jul 2018

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