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To: Pikamax
many Lebanese "have parents who are first cousins whose parents were first cousins.

I believe this to be indisputably accurate. It is very common in Arab cultures as a way of keeping the family's money "in the family."

The result of this is inbreeding – the result of which is uneducationable (sic) people . . . and very low IQ".

Debatable at best. I don't know of any study that shows such an effect in Arab cultures, or elsewhere for that matter.

5 posted on 12/16/2005 2:13:08 PM PST by Restorer (Islamists want to die. We want to kill them.)
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To: Restorer

There has been a few stories the last couple of months in Norwegian and British media about inbreeding in Pakistani families causing birth defects and complications...

No mention of IQ though...


10 posted on 12/16/2005 2:15:49 PM PST by Eurotwit (WI)
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