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Around the globe consanguineous marriages have been practised by many societies from time immemorial. It is widely practiced in Asia, North Africa, Switzerland, Middle East, some parts of China, Japan and fishermen communities in Europe and America.
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Consanguineous marriage is the union of individuals having a common ancestor. It is categorized as 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree. The 1st being the closest ...
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www.pitt.edu/~super7/17011-18001/17801.ppt
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Consanguineous Marriages; Prof. Rohan W. Jayasekara ... In most African societies consanguineous marriages are not allowed. In contrast in countries like Japan, India, Pakistan and the Middle East, upto 30% of marriages are consanguineous and are even encouraged as in Japan.
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www.infolanka.com/org/genetics/essays/essayrj3.htm
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Download the free ebook: Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population by George B. Louis Arner ... Title Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population...
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www.gutenberg.org/etext/12955
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population, by George B. Louis Arner This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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Given the numbers of consanguineous marriages contracted in many of the world's most populous countries, and the fact that inherited disorders which currently are lethal in less developed societies may be associated with lifetime care under improved treatment facilities, programmes of this nature would clearly be...
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We conducted a population-based study of consanguineous marriages in Jordan. About two thousand households were interviewed. First cousin marriages were encountered in 32.03%, second cousin in 6.8%, distant relation in 10.5%, and no relation in 50% of all marriages, respectively.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1642259
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In many regions of Asia and Africa, consanguineous marriages currently account for approximately 20 to 50% of all unions, and preliminary observations indicate that migrants from these areas continue to contract marriages with close relatives when resident in North America and Western Europe.
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www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/252/5007/789
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There is a marked prejudice against consanguineous and particularly against incestuous matings in the modern world. ... Among this people — the Fijians — those stocks which have adhered to the ancestral custom requiring first-cousin marriages, are very much the superiors from every physical point of view of those who...
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www.anthonymludovici.com/eugenics.htm
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