Cousin Marriages Could Die Out For British Muslim Pakistanis

[Wa Muhammada]

Nothing wrong with cousin marriages ... keeping it in the family

Haha

I got married to my cousin, so did my dad... But I feel that going forward, I need to refresh the DNA pool....so I have decided if the opportunity arises to marry a second time, I will ensure that it’s outside the family

 

[CAN_TR]

 

[niaz]

First cousin marriage does not necessarily cause offspring being born with a disability. Only thing is that there is a chance that the child could inherit the unusual gene from both the father and the mother, in other words it doubles the chance of a serious health problem. When such a couple has a healthy child this maybe because they do not have the unusual gene, or because that child did not inherit the unusual gene from both parents. Blood tests for gene compatibility before marriage should resolve the problem.

However, in Pakistan society, once the talk of marriage is started among the close relatives and broken off for any reason whatsoever; it causes a serious rift between the families. Therefore such a test could cause more problems than it was meant to resolve.