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Twenty-five states prohibit marriages between first cousins. Six states allow first cousin marriage under certain circumstances, and North Carolina allows first cousin marriage but prohibits double-cousin marriage.
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www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=4266
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Apr 10, 2002 ... Is cousin marriage icky? Why? You can't appeal to Victorian morality; Queen Victoria married her first cousin. You can't appeal to the Bible ...
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List of states that allow cousin marriage. The list includes legal information for each state. ... ¹ Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio, Washington and Wisconsin currently prohibit marriage between first cousins once removed. ... Cousin marriages allowed only if permitted by aboriginal culture of the couple...
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www.cousincouples.com/?page=states
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About 47 percent of Bedouin marriages are between first cousins. Thirty-three percent are patrilateral, that is, between the children of brothers. ... However, the children of Bedouin first-cousin parents were not significantly more likely to die in childhood, Joseph found.
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070925132335.htm
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Should countries introduce laws that would have made the first-cousin marriages of Darwin and Einstein illegal? ... Some European politicians claim that the children of immigrant populations with such traditions have an unacceptably high risk of genetic disorders and are calling for marriages between first cousins to be banned,
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www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826574.100-ban-on-firs...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826574.100-ban-on-firstcousin-marriages-not-necessary.html
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SUMMARY: A British politician has said that marriages between first cousins should be outlawed because of the increased risk of genetic disorders in their children. CONTEXT: Ann Cryer, the MP for Keighley, Bradford, told the BBC's Newsnight programme that British Asians should be persuaded to abandon the tradition.
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www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity/ViewResource.aspx?resID=11...
www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity/ViewResource.aspx?resID=111424
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The official ITV home of Warnings over first-cousin marriages on ITV Articles at ITV News. Visit itv.com for News. ... MPs are calling for greater awareness of the high number of birth defects among children from first-cousin marriages.
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www.itv.com/News/Articles/Warnings-over-first-cousin-ma...
www.itv.com/News/Articles/Warnings-over-first-cousin-marriages.html
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Jones said first cousin marriages double the risk of having children who will die or face disability, but child mortality is so low nowadays that such risks are negligible. He said smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy can be far more harmful to unborn babies.
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www.gulfnews.com/World/United_Kingdom/10189249.html
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Others who have warned about the dangers include Phil Woolas, an environment minister, who provoked fury earlier this year when he said the culture of arranged marriages between first cousins was the 'elephant in the room' and argued that if 'you have a child with your cousin , the likelihood is there will be a...
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www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/11/genetics.medical...
www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/11/genetics.medicalresearch
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