I had a good friend from the southern states either Alabama or Georgia.
They explained it to me this way, and I kind of compare it to a Spanish background.
Southern people keep track and consider people family and relatives for many generations and levels. She knew and talked of 3rd, 4th, and 5th cousins or even sisters or cousins twice removed. I'm not even sure I know what that is.
Spanish people have large families and we keep track for two or three generations easily.
But if you know and track generations far enough you'll find connections, especially if you grew up and your family has Been in the same basic area for generations.
So maybe the fact they married a cousin is only a fact because they know who their cousin is.
Is inbreeding really as common in Alabama as the stereotype claims?
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I had a good friend from the southern states either Alabama or Georgia.
They explained it to me this way, and I kind of compare it to a Spanish background.
Southern people keep track and consider people family and relatives for many generations and levels. She knew and talked of 3rd, 4th, and 5th cousins or even sisters or cousins twice removed. I'm not even sure I know what that is.
Spanish people have large families and we keep track for two or three generations easily.
But if you know and track generations far enough you'll find connections, especially if you grew up and your family has Been in the same basic area for generations.
So maybe the fact they married a cousin is only a fact because they know who their cousin is.