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Saudi: High incidence of genetic disorders detected in babies
Arab News ^
| 20 September 2002
| Javid Hassan
Posted on 09/19/2002 9:50:22 PM PDT by tictoc
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To: blam
Marriage is allowed, indeed encouraged between first cousins, but not siblings, no.
Cousin marriages are common also in Mediterranean countries, and tolerated in Europe, but I have heard that they are not allowed in the United States. (Is this so?) There was some discussion of this on a literature list, and apparently some English romance novels have been altered for the US edition, cutting out cousin relationships.
The Bible states that Abraham was married to his sister, but I think that Muslims don't believe that.
To: Grampa Dave
Actually there has been a bit of scientific research done in this area.
Saudi Intermarriages Have Genetic Costs
From the article... Marriages between relatives are widespread in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia, where a government study has found that 56.8% of all marriages are between first and second cousins or more distant relatives.
To: BlackVeil
Most (I think all) states forbid first cousin marriages and many forbid second cousin marriages. (purebred is inbred.)
To: tictoc
Are these Saudi redneck jokes?
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09/20/2002 8:19:10 AM PDT
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Consort
To: SandfleaCSC
LOL ! .............Nope Sorry. All my insults I learned over there can't be printed here......."SandfleaCSC" Eh......that wouldn't involve a Desert USAF/SPS environment in that CSC part would it ??
Stay Safe !
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09/20/2002 8:43:00 AM PDT
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Squantos
To: Squantos
I still have sand between my toes. :)
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