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Although British Pakistanis account for three per cent of the births in this country, they are responsible for 33 per cent of the 15 to 20,000 children born each year with genetic defects. Baroness Deech: Rise in marriages between cousins putting children at risk of birth defect | Mail Online
I don’t have a problem with cousin marriages done now and again and when both partners agree to it but carrying it on generation after generation and not wanting/letting the kids marry outside the family obviously leads to problems..
Some people say because it’s been made halal there can never be any problem. Of course Islam permits it but that doesn’t mean we should carry it on every generation, meat has also been made halal but too much of it also leads to obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol etc., too much of anything tends to lead to problems..
Agree. According to medical science there is only a slight risk for birth defects in related couples as opposed to non-related couples. But…if cousin marriages take place in each and every generation, it does elevate the risk.