Re: Marrying your cousin.
My dad's brother married his first cousin, and both his kids were near the top of their classes in grades.
It doesn't produce mental retardation... but it raises the risk of physical defects.
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. 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.
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Let me think....
Well i know a few cousins-couples and their kids are mentally/physically fine... Just really..really...bad behaving. But that's environment...
Anyways I really don't think marrying a cousin has anything to do with mental or physical development, many many other factors like age of conception, parents' histories etc go into a kid's development.
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i know alllllooooot of people who got married to their cousins and Mashallah all of them are doing fine...they have normal kids!
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Some interesting facts about cousin marriages. First, it is common every where in the world and was a norm in the past. Second, United States is the only country that forbids cousin marriages, which has lot do with Catholic Church's campaign. Third, there is no scientific prove that suggests cousin marriages lead to birth defects in children.
Stats say the rest.....and I am sure that there is some scientific evidence...but even if there is no evidence would that justify you marrying your own sister.
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links for all those who support inbreeding and don’t believe in genetics…
http://cc.ysu.edu/~helorime/inbred.html
you will find plenty more, the risk is low but does that mean that you play with human lifes by inbreeding with your cousin.
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Its a very tough thing and a very personal choice I think...because even if a cousin-marriage results in a child with a learning disability that has abso-freakin-lutely nothing to do with inter-marriage, it will still be blamed on inter-marriage by those who don't understand learning disabilities and their cause(s). My eldest has some learning delays and I am NOT related in any way to my hubby (I'm a gori) so of course, there are all kinds of speculation about well, she's a gori, she probably drank while pregnant or took drugs etc etc....its very maddening. EVERY conception has risks and every child is different. Love the child you are gifted with, thats all I can say...and as far as what OTHERS say about it - fukkem. (pardon my french)
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I don't know where you live, but think about this. In the US, there are quite a few children born with Down's Syndrome and other such genetic defects...these pure amreekans/goray whatever do not have inter-cousin marraiges, but still have problems. Im not favoring cousin marriages, but questioning how these deformities come about...other than drug/alcohol usage etc.
It's not that cousin marriages are the cause of genetic defects; they happen anyway to a tiny portion of the human population. But the more closely related two people are, the higher the change of defects. One study in the UK found that British Pakistanis are 50 times more likely than the british population in general to have genetically defective children; the british Pakistani community does intra-cousin marriages more than any other community in the country.
However, this still means that only a fraction of a percent of kids from these marriages will be defective. However, from non-cousin marriages 1/50th of that fraction of a percect would be defective.
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that reminds me why did i not study with any of my cousins :D
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You know, modern medicine is wonderous. They can tell you at conception plus 10 weeks or so whether the fetus has downs syndrome or some other glaringly obvious genetic defect. But there are so many THOUSANDS of other genetic defects that can occur that have not been mapped and cannot be tested for. Some of them result in miscarriage before the end of the 1st trimester and some do not, so pregnancy will carry on cruelly only to result in miscarriage later on. Or a live birth with death shortly following or learning disabilities. I've worked for a well-known pathologist in this field and have seen firsthand how very miraculous it is to have a heathly, normal child. The only explanation I can see after realizing how many things can go wrong is that there HAS to be a God and that children are a true blessing from Him. Cousin, not related, whatever....if you make a child and are able to deliver, you are SO blessed.
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Stats say the rest.....and I am sure that there is some scientific evidence...but even if there is no evidence would that justify you marrying your own sister.
are you serious? there is a difference between cousin and sister.
it is allowed in islam and there is no objection to it. most has to do with narrow mind. if you want to follow the Catholic Church campaign than go ahead, i'll go with the facts.
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It's not that cousin marriages are the cause of genetic defects; they happen anyway to a tiny portion of the human population. But the more closely related two people are, the higher the change of defects. One study in the UK found that British Pakistanis are 50 times more likely than the british population in general to have genetically defective children; the british Pakistani community does intra-cousin marriages more than any other community in the country.
tsk tsk...Maybe this would explain many other problems faced by the British Pakistani communities in the UK..
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are you serious? there is a difference between cousin and sister.
it is allowed in islam and there is no objection to it. most has to do with narrow mind. if you want to follow the Catholic Church campaign than go ahead, i'll go with the facts.
uhhh, catholics DO marry within the family. Prostestants don't. Do you even know the difference?
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i would never marry my own cousin and not for n e of the above mentioned reasons infact for the sole reason that i cant see them that way or in that relationship, cuz shuru sey hamaarey dimaagh mein daala gaya key saaree female cousins hamaaree behnein hain and so how can u marry someone who for the past so many years see as a sister.
darn i sound like a ............ but ohh well that is the truth and yeah to a certain extent i have heard that if the blood doesnt change kids are prone to disablities or problems.
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Isn't cousin marriage not allowed in some US states?
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thats the first i have heard, then again i dunno much about ma surroundings 
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uhhh, catholics DO marry within the family. Prostestants don't. Do you even know the difference?
i know the difference. my reply has nothing to do with religion rather rational and if you look at the FACTS, there is nothing wrong with it.
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i know a lotta cousin-marriages and their kids are perfectly fine... its just a myth...
my parents are relative... and we three brothers are fine, both physically and mentally. Mashallah.
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Einstein’s Parents were cousins…its totally a myth..according to a recent article in the Time magazine and this ABC news report