Re: British Pakistanis are 13 times more likely to have children with genetic disorders t
Not to long ago I posted an article that sighted that the %age of birth defects results from cousin marriages is only 3-5% higher than non-cousin marriages.
On the flip side, while their is a greater likelihoods of bad genes to be transferred forward, it is even a greater chance that the good genes will pass on the off springs. Thus the overall health of the society as far as genes are concerned.
We discussed this in detail in this tread.