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  1. 1 in 4 if both parents have the same recessive genes. Even the unrelated parents have 25% chance. 94-96% cousin couples have their children normal in general population.
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  2.  @junbh2  the problem are recessive genes, right? And the potential risk is increased, 1.7%-2.3%. But, the number is still small. The birth defects might be or might not be caused by consanguinity. There are other factors, like historical health problem in the family or usual recessive genes happened in non consanguineous couple. For non consanguineous couple, the risk is 2%-3%, while for consanguineous couple (first cousin), the risk is 4% to 6%. If, the parents, the grandparents and the great grandparents are healthy, the risk is 4%-6%. If there are historical health problems, then the additional risk is shown.
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  3.  @maleeshashehan2106  If there are cousin marriages in your family (the same line, like your parents, your grandparents), then there is additional risk to 4-6%. If there are not, then step 2, you should check your family health problems history. Are there any birth defects happened in your family before? If there is no birth defect, then there is no additional risk to 4-6%. The risk is still small. Most cousin marriages in the world have their children normal.
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  4.  @maleeshashehan2106  No, it's not a big problem if there is no rare disease occurred in your family. But, if you are worried, you can do genetic screening. It can show you and your future husband/wife have carriers or not. And it's your choice. You have 94-96% that your children will be normal. It's big number.
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  5.  @laurabarber6697  only if both parents have the same recessive genes, the chance is 1 in 4. If only one parent, then the child will be completely normal!
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  6.  @ImpetuousPorkus  According the Clinical Genetics Handbook, children of non-related couples have a 2-3% chance of being born with a birth defect, and children of first cousins have a 4-6% chance. The 1.7-2-3% is an increased risk in general population. So, 2-3% + 1.7-2.3%, we can say it doubled 4-6%. The birth defect is 25% if both parents have the same copy of recessive gene.
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  7.  @fififijiflowerpotswater5379  you seem don't understand. If both parents are the same carriers then the risk will be 25%. The parents don't have to be related. It can happen to any couples. If only a single parent is a carrier, the childen will be completely normal.
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  8. If there is cousin marriages from your grandparent or your great grandparent and there is no historical health problem, then it's totally fine.
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  9.  @maleeshashehan2106  The pleasure is mine. You can clarify it by reading Consanguinity in Context by Prof. Alan Bittles. He had done his research for over 30 years
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  10. FACTS: 1. It's not illegal in most countries. 2. It's a stigma that the riskhaving children with your cousin is high. 3. 94-96% children from cousin marriages are normal.
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  11. It's not illegal and not incest in most countries in the world. The risk is also still small, slightly higher than unrelated couple having children. 2-3% for unrelated couple and 3.7-5.7% for first cousin couple in general population. Because of the modest health risks and access to genetic counseling and premarital advice for cousin couples, Bittles says state bans on first-cousin marriage appear to be unnecessary. "Given decreasing family sizes and ever-increasing educational, employment and social mobility, it seems almost inevitable that the prevalence of cousin marriage in the U.S. and other Western countries will decline," he says. "There is certainly no evidence that if the states which currently ban first cousin marriage were to repeal their legislation, a great demand for such marriages would result."
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  12. Only if both parents have the same copy. Even for unrelated couples.
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  13. Still, there is potential 2-3% risk your child might have birth defects. Yeah, it's the best. But, marrying your cousin is also OK, if there is no historical health problem in your family.
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  14.  @random_meta  there is an additional risk if both parents are the carriers of the same defective genes.
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  15. It's not illegal and not incest in most countries in the world. The risk is also still small, slightly higher than unrelated couple having children. 2-3% for unrelated couple and 3.7-5.7% for first cousin couple in general population.
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  16. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  17. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  18.  @rachaelkapaun2787  it is illegal in half states of the US and it is totally legal in Canada.
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  19.  @mrscurtis0801  don't marry your mom, dad, siblings. It is dangerous while a first-cousin marriage, it is not that harmful. 94-96% of the children are absolutely normal.
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  20.  @jamilajohnson7460  stop marrying your cousin that carries the same disease.
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  21. It's not illegal and not incest in most countries in the world. The risk is also still small, slightly higher than unrelated couple having children. 2-3% for unrelated couple and 3.7-5.7% for first cousin couple in general population. Because of the modest health risks and access to genetic counseling and premarital advice for cousin couples, Bittles says state bans on first-cousin marriage appear to be unnecessary. "Given decreasing family sizes and ever-increasing educational, employment and social mobility, it seems almost inevitable that the prevalence of cousin marriage in the U.S. and other Western countries will decline," he says. "There is certainly no evidence that if the states which currently ban first cousin marriage were to repeal their legislation, a great demand for such marriages would result."
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  22.  @assxcfca9558  Cousin marriage is allowed in Indonesia, since Christian and Islam allow it. It is lawful. And it's not incest. Islam forbid incest like sibling marriage, father having sexual relation with his daughter, etc.
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  23. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com
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  24. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com
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  25. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  26.  @vienogola1421  no problem, it is your matter. Not all people are like you. At least, respect them.
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  27. It's 2021. Let's see what science says! In the House of Lords debate (21 April 2008), one questioner asked the then health minister if some ethnic communities have a higher risk than others; Lord Darzi’s response was ‘no’, that the risk is ‘double’ the background risk, but that this is low. He said, "THIS IS LOW" The risks of bad outcomes are relatively LOW for any couple seeking counseling. There is no consistent religious or legal basis for banning such marriages - Prof. Alan Bittles According the Clinical Genetics Handbook, children of non-related couples have a 2-3% chance of being born with a birth defect, and children of first cousins have a 4-6% chance.
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  28. Cleopatra's family's member were fine.
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  29. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  30.  @fififijiflowerpotswater5379  Dude, this is so unfortunate. If the disorders are known in the family, they need do a genetic test. And the fact is, it is not always happened to all families that are practising cousin marriages.
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  31.  Loving one another  the increased risk actually 1.7 to 2.8% higher than the background risk. It is based on the theory.
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  32. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. It is NOT INCEST. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  33. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  34. @Cyril first cousin marriage is not considered as incest. Consanguineous unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece. - Alan Bittles Banning cousin marriage is not necessary since there is genetic testing. In Arabia and Israel, there is genetic testing provided by the government. It can make the number lower. Again, There are many aspects that we have to consider such as religious aspects, historical aspects, etc. We can't simply allow this or disallow that.
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  35. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. It is NOT INCEST. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  36.  @WY_BCE  just ew because of the stigma.
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  37. It's not incest since most countries in the world don't ban it. Most children from cousin marriages are healthy. The risk of having children with abnormalities is 3.7-5-7 % in general population, while for unrelated couple is 2-3%. There is an increased risk, but it's slightly higher.
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  38.  @lancewright521  any references?
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  39.  Leonardo Gellato  Yes! Just do genetic screening, if they are healthy, then it's totally fine to have children.
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  40.  @mjallen1308  it's not socially taboo like in the US. The risk their children having problem is still small. It's 4-6%. Because of the modest health risks and access to genetic counseling and premarital advice for cousin couples, Bittles says state bans on first-cousin marriage appear to be unnecessary. "Given decreasing family sizes and ever-increasing educational, employment and social mobility, it seems almost inevitable that the prevalence of cousin marriage in the U.S. and other Western countries will decline," he says. "There is certainly no evidence that if the states which currently ban first cousin marriage were to repeal their legislation, a great demand for such marriages would result."
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  41. Watch also 37:00, and also 22:06
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  42. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  43. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. It is NOT INCEST. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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  44. Biologically, cousin is not sibling. Fact, over 10% marriges are between cousin. Anthropologically and socially? It's not problem. Biologically? The risk is still small, 4% to 6%. You have the stigma in your mind. Because of the modest health risks and access to genetic counseling and premarital advice for cousin couples, Bittles says state bans on first-cousin marriage appear to be unnecessary. "Given decreasing family sizes and ever-increasing educational, employment and social mobility, it seems almost inevitable that the prevalence of cousin marriage in the U.S. and other Western countries will decline," he says. "There is certainly no evidence that if the states which currently ban first cousin marriage were to repeal their legislation, a great demand for such marriages would result."
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  45.  @youwhat.  Not really, theorically, yes. But the studies say the statistics are not that high, in case, multiple generations.
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  46.  @dailydoseofrandomvideos5482  Leviticus 18, Numbers 36, Judges 1, a first cousin marriage is CLEARLY ALLOWED.
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  47.  @dailydoseofrandomvideos5482  I AM NOT LYING! Stop making your own 'close relatives' standards! Providing only Leviticus 18:6 is not enough. You need Leviticus 18:7-18 to understand what close relatives are. Well, first-cousin is never included, isn't it? The term 'any blood relatives' is not applied to a first-cousin. The degrees are listed in Leviticus 18:7-18. Does Leviticus 18:6 contradict Numbers 36 and Judges 1? Numbers 36:10-11 (KJV) Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: Judges 1:12-13 (KJV) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. Should Caleb's daughter and Caleb's younger brother's son be put to death? A man is forbidden to marry his daughter stepchildren, aunt, sister or half-sister stepsisters, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and step-granddaughter. A first cousin is never included. You are making a new degree. You should read some commentaries. The Bible doesn’t address the subject of cousin marriage directly. According to Leviticus 18:6-18, a man is forbidden to marry the following: Daughter Stepchildren Aunt Sister or half-sister Stepsisters Daughter-in-law Granddaughter Step-granddaughter Notably, cousins are not included in the list. - Focus On The Family focusonthefamily(dot)com/family-qa/cousin-marriage/ But as for two first cousins… the Church’s position is that they are forbidden to marry only by ecclesiastical law, not by divine law. For this reason it is canonically possible to receive a dispensation that permits two first-cousins to marry validly in the Catholic Church. - Catholic Exchange First cousins cannot marry under the age-old laws of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, covering much of world Christendom. But in the Reformation, the Church of England followed Protestantism's "sola scripture" (Scripture alone) principle and returned to biblical law, which also binds traditional Jews. - Brainerd Dispatch brainerddispatch(dot)com/lifestyle/3091663-Many-church-laws-but-not-the-Bible-prohibit-first-cousin-marriages
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  48.  @mrscurtis0801  Am I? I just tell you some facts.
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  49. It's not illegal in most countries in the world. The risk is also still small, slightly higher than unrelated couple having children. 2-3% for unrelated couple and 3.7-5.7% for first cousin couple in general population.
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  50. This video doesn't represent the whole picture. Where are the other families? Stop exaggerating! 96-97% of the children are normal in British Pakistani Community. Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011. Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 percent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages. The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3.0 percent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 percent. - reuters(dot)com “Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 percent to 6 percent, the absolute risk is still small,” -Eamonn Sheridan, reuters(dot)com Now, a detailed analysis of the issue involving over 11,000 children, born out of consanguineous marriages, revealed congenital anomalies in 386 of them. This figure of 3 per cent contrasts with the 1.6 per cent in children born of out of non-blood-relations unions - DR. Balasubramanian, thehindu(dot)com But the risks apply primarily to couples who are carriers of disorders that are normally very, very rare, Bittles explained. "For over 90% of cousin marriages, their risk [of having a child with a genetic abnormality] is the same as it is for the general population," he said. - EurekAlert! eurekalert(dot)org/pub_releases/2012-04/nesc-wnm042512(dot)php "Consanguinity unions or marriages usually involve individuals who are cousin and they can be considered to be different from incestuous unions that involve primary relatives such as parent-child, siblings, or uncle-niece." - Consanguinity in Context. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Volume 63. By Alan H. Bittles. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-78186-2. 2012 The report made a point of saying that the term "incest" should not be applied to cousins, but only to sexual relations between siblings or between parents and children. Babies who result from those unions are thought to be at significantly higher risk of genetic problems, the report said, but there is not enough data to be sure. - New York Times 2002 nytimes(dot)com/2002/04/03/health/no-genetic-reason-to-discourage-cousin-marriage-study-finds(dot)html That doesn't necessarily mean cousins should be banned from marrying or that a court would uphold a ban on marriages between cousins, said Joanna Grossman, a law professor at Hofstra University, who has written about incest. "I don't think there is a justification for the cousin marriage ban," she said - ABC News abcnews(dot)go(dot)com/TheLaw/story?id=4799115&page=1
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