I think its more of a concern these days because while cousin marriage is fairly common in the east, its pretty unusual in the west so its made a pretty deal of here. Easterners will hear falsehoods about having disabled children etc and it raises concerns for them.
The risk of disability is higher in a cousin marriage but we're talking degrees of minute-ness here. So if you marry a non-relative you have maybe a 1 in 100,000 chance of disability in a child and if you marry a cousin it goes to a 1 in 90,000 chance see what I mean? Those numbers arent real - not sure exactly what the numbers are but you get the general idea. For sure, the more inter-marriage that goes on in a family line, the more chance of trouble but thats something that a genetic counsellor can map out for you.
Since it is allowed in islam, i cant say its wrong, but id advise againt 1st cousin marriage. Maybe 2nd/3rd cousin...
but anyways most people in my family who married cousins have beautiful normal healthy kids. Strangely, my mamoo married non-cousin and had 1 abnormal daughter.
Personally don't like the idea, but thats just me.
I find it creepy when a girl's husband looks like her brother. And her sister-in-law looks like her twin. This is a common occurence where first cousin marries first cousin, who's kids when marry their first cousins...
Personally don't like the idea, but thats just me.
I find it creepy when a girl's husband looks like her brother. And her sister-in-law looks like her twin. This is a common occurence where first cousin marries first cousin, who's kids when marry their first cousins...
Lol :D
If cousin marriage doesn't happen all that much in your family and u really want to do it then the chances of the kids being physically or mentally handicapped are not significant at all so go for it if u like but say every single generation of ur family only married their first cousin and never (or very rarely) outside then of course the risks are increased a lot cos the same 'dodgy' genes are being passed down time after time after time. I know of families who never ever marry outsiders and there are defo more physical and/or mental abnormalities.
The Qur'an allows it but it does not encourage it, of course cousin marriages did happen in those days but there was never that weird mentality in Islam that we have in some desi families where kids are told they must always marry in the family.
k first cousin se matlab ke khala's son or khala's daughter.. mamu's son ..daughter.. rather den chacha taye right??
how abt mom's cousins's daughters or sons??
so whos 1st cousin n whos 2nd cousin wen it cums to cousin marriage
The daughter/son of your chacha and taya is ALSO your first cousin. You have first cousins from your mom's side of the family **and **your dad's side of the family.
Your mom's cousin's daughter/son would be your second cousin.
And YOUR cousin's son/daughter is called your first cousin once removed.
If your first cousin from either side of the family (mom's side or dad's side) has a child....that child is called your first cousin once removed.
Its more of an interview although you can have DNA testing done too. A genetic counsellor takes a very detailed family history - marriages, intermarriages, diseases, troubles, ages of deaths, etc etc. Then they calculate odds and probabilities of having a child with any inherited disease or trouble.
If you go for the DNA test, they look for genetic maladies, missing or extra chromosomes and certain diseases or defects which are mapped and known. For example, Downs syndrome is "trisomy 21", meaning that there are three rather two of the chromosome 21.
The daughter/son of your chacha and taya is ALSO your first cousin. You have first cousins from your mom's side of the family **and **your dad's side of the family.
Your mom's cousin's daughter/son would be your second cousin.
And YOUR cousin's son/daughter is called your first cousin once removed.
If your first cousin from either side of the family (mom's side or dad's side) has a child....that child is called your first cousin once removed.
thank you soo much for clearin it all out.. i alwayz hve trouble wid dese kinda relationshipss n all thanksss
I was engaged to my cousin at a very young age.. didn't work out because he turned out to be a complete tw*t. Glad I got out of it though.. I was young and scared.
But if he was a good person I would have gone ahead with the rishta... there's no harm in it.. as long as he's a good person and you don't have that 'omg he's like a brother to meeee!!' mentality.
i think excessive intermarriage can be a problem and provide a wider risk genetically. there is a simple search you can do on net to get differing views.