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Horses family have been doing it for years and he is fairly normal
Horses family have been doing it for years and he is fairly normal
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Re: screening not there yet
I suspect that with the number that are screened for, there is less risk for screened close relatives than for unscreened unrelated couples.Originally posted by pchang
Genetic Screening is not perfect. It does not detect 100% of the time. Also, it only detects the genes that we know about. There are plenty of genetic diseases for which we still haven't identified the genes responsible/associated.Gaius Mucius Scaevola Sinistra
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Originally posted by Hydey
Horses family have been doing it for years and he is fairly normal
You're kidding, right?
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Sheesh, Horse's family is so inbred, he is his own father
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Inbreeding = Time travel? I think not.
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Re: Re: "Kissing"? Or just "friendly"?
Not only is there a higher risk of birth defects but the offspring have a greater risk of getting a double recessive gen that causes a genetic disorder such as sickle cell anemia, possible parkinsens or Altimers (though we really don't know for the last two).Originally posted by loinburger Yup. Incest carries risks of causing birth defects in offspring, but otherwise it's just a meaningless taboo. If you're not planning on having kids, then what the hell, no harm no foul.
Time magazine ran an article about Cousin's dating and marrying a few months back and you may beable to still read it on line. The conclusion was the risks are higher but birth defects occured only in 8% to 10% of cases (depending on which study you read) instead of the "normal 1% to 3%. So either way the chances are still pretty small and they don't matter unless a child is produced.
Still, unless you live in the deep south, this would be a big break from the social norms so I would recomend against it. After all there really are millions of other potential partners out there whom you are not related to.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Trust a typically humourless Finn to come out with that last post
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Humourless? Probably. Logical? Definitely.Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Trust a typically humourless Finn to come out with that last post
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One word: Hapsburgs.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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to be fair the hapsburgs are the result of generations of inbreeding
cousins probably will not be that bad
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It isn't just Hapsburgs, Monk. In South Asia, they seem to do it all the time. I have an uncle and aunt, who are first cousins. Thankfully, all their kids came out all right.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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it all has to do with how close
and to what extant
Royalty in europe did it to an extreme
like other areas
Inca Emperor's married their own sisters, but did not have the troubles of the Hapsburgs (of course they only lasted 99 years before the spanish came)
so it takes multiple occasions of incest before you get the Hapsburgs
two cousins having a child (as long as that child does not engage in incest) are not likely to have troubles
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It hasn't been made explicit that they are first cousins. If they aren't first cousins, it's fair game.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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My grandparents on my mom's side are first cousins.
There isn't anything wrong with me, at least nothing serious.
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Eh?Originally posted by DanS
It hasn't been made explicit that they are first cousins. If they aren't first cousins, it's fair game.
So you say DanS, that in America if they are not first cousins it is ok?
Or is this your personal opinion? Or are you joking?Comment
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