many cousin marriages lead to healthy babies and it's a lot more common in the world than you realize. In terms of reproduction the incidence of defects is based on how close they are in the family tree. So a brother and sister would have a higher likelihood of genetic defects than cousins.
don't get me wrong, I'm not a big advocate of relations between family members but I can understand why it occurs.
people hook up because of their intense attraction for one another and their shared history. They don't go looking for it, it just happens and they're not in it for pumping out 17 children (though some crazy cults do such things).
They do it because they happened to fall in love with someone who is related. Try to be more understanding and less judgmental-it could happen to you too.
HONESTLY, Are you/have you been attracted to a member of your family?
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many cousin marriages lead to healthy babies and it's a lot more common in the world than you realize. In terms of reproduction the incidence of defects is based on how close they are in the family tree. So a brother and sister would have a higher likelihood of genetic defects than cousins.
don't get me wrong, I'm not a big advocate of relations between family members but I can understand why it occurs.
people hook up because of their intense attraction for one another and their shared history. They don't go looking for it, it just happens and they're not in it for pumping out 17 children (though some crazy cults do such things).
They do it because they happened to fall in love with someone who is related. Try to be more understanding and less judgmental-it could happen to you too.