Ive also heard that if you marrying ur cousin or niece
that the chance is if u want childeren could be a problem.
and im really scared now coz im married with a cousin
of my dad.
Em.. i told before that my sis in law married her cousin and one
of her child has grown problems i think.
I married out of family, but my cousin is my "humzulf". (Umer waiting for the question: What is a "humzulf?" :D)
do u mean that fertillity problems occur if u marry ure cousin?
I think "eeeeeeew gross" sums up the act.
Shadi sey pahley sab behan bhai hotey hain, that’s what my ammi always taught me 
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do u mean that fertillity problems occur if u marry ure cousin?
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No fertility problems but children of non-related couples have a 2-3% risk of birth defects, as opposed to first cousins having a 4-6% risk.
I personally would never marry a cousin no matter how hot, banging and big chested she is.
Here are some facts for you kids:
Fact: The frequency of cousin marriages in the USA is about 1 in 1,000
Fact: The frequency of cousin marriages in Japan is about 4 in 1,000
Fact: It is estimated that 20 percent of all couples worldwide are first cousins. It is also estimated that 80 percent of all marriages historically have been between first cousins!
Fact: In some cultures, the term cousin and mate are synonymous.
Fact: The range of consanguinity in Saudi Arabia is between 34 to 80+ percent. A study has been done on birth defects resulting from consanguineous marriages in this country.
Fact: Albert Einstein married his first cousin. And so did Charles Darwin, who had exceptional children.
Fact: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the longest serving US president in history married his cousin (not a first cousin, however they shared the same last name).
Fact: The first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. MacDonald married his first cousin.
Fact: Leviticus 18 lists all forbidden sexual relationships. Cousin relationships are not included.
Fact: God commanded many cousins to marry, including Zelophehad's 5 daughters, Eleazar's daughters, Jacob (who married both Rachel and Leah, first cousins), and Isaac and Rebekkah (first cousins once removed). All were ancestors of Jesus Christ.
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I see. :/
meh.
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To DD.
You said u would never let you're kids marry with them cousins
if i tell you honestly i dont think that you're kids or mine kids
later will marry theire cousin.
I also married in the family like i told before and i also dont
knew him that well coz he live's in Pk and me in Holland.
how can u call something that's allowed by Allah to be "gross" or "ewwww"
fine dont marry a cousin if you want, but don't think its so disgusting if others do it
It puzzles me to see muslims going "eeeeewwww" at cousin marriages.
well there is no harm at all in marrying your cousin or some one from outside the family.
all this is lame excuses that the kids born have some sort of problems.
Yeh sab Allah ki marzi say hota hai n He indeed knows the best.
I believe that one should marry where the person wants.
i m myself interested in one of my cousins n there seems nothing wrong with it.
one other aspect that came in my mind is that this cousin marrige is more disccused in families or among parents when they dont want their kids to marry their cousins becuz of bad terms in families. i m saying this becuz i have seen this happening.
& the bottom line is JAHAN RAHO KHUSH RAHO
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It puzzles me to see muslims going "eeeeewwww" at cousin marriages.
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I'm not that religious. Some things I just cant "ok" for myself. Your free to do what you want, but from my POV-its "eeeew" all the time on this issue.
Plus "eeeew" is not offensive. :)
my lil bro is engaged to a cousin.. i say, good on them.. i doubt id be marrying a cousin, but i have my own issues..
the term 'ewww' is ticking me off..
Why's that?
why is it ticking me off? i dunno cus it sounds rather 5-yr-oldish.. no?
i mean, theres prob so many people here who have married a cousin or are an offspring of two cousins whove married each other... its rather a childish way of defining their relationship... no?
*i think opinons from both sides have been prsented in this thread, in regards to cousin marriage/s. i'd just like to add that, irrespective of what our "own" feeling is regards to cousin marriages we should keep that feeling to ourself as, our feelings/thoughts/emotions etc aren't above our religion ISLAM and when our religion allows such marriage then we have to accept that and move on.
those who don't agree with cousin marriage/s then fair do's don't marry your cousins but it's very easy to disrespct islam when objecting against senstive issues like this one, and in this thread some replies have shown disrespect towards islam whether intentional or unintentional.
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