Re: Marrying your cousin.
I think it has become a stereotype that in asian culture cousin marriages are "the done thing" or even "normal"...........wehn I had my second miscarriage, the first question the nurse who comforted us asked (when we asked "Why again"?) was "Are you two related? Are you cousins?". The answer was no, we are not cousins....very very distantly related though.
My parents are first cousins and this type of thread makes me start asking all sorts of questions about my history/unfortunate experiences with the miscarriages and resulting health problems