Re: Marrying your cousin.
. Im not favoring cousin marriages, but questioning how these deformities come about...other than drug/alcohol usage etc.
The risk of Down syndrome is higher among women who conceive after the age of 35.......the risk factor continues to get greater every year after.
Sometimes things like this just can not be explained scientifically....we just have to have faith in Allah...whatever He does ..He does for a reason.