You would not have a whole new group of in-laws to get used to.
2007-04-08 06:42:53 · 13 answers · asked by alfie 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Here's more info on cousin marriages.
I don't know whether it's accurate. Just something I pulled off a website.
http://www.cousincouples.com/info/facts.shtml
Some people are fixated on the fallacy that cousin couples pose an intolerable risk to their offspring. However it is likely that we are all descendants of cousin marriages. Before civil laws banning cousin marriages, it was preferable to marry a cousin in some communities as it is to this day in many countries. The notion “why marry a stranger" is just as prevalent in many countries as the cousin marriage taboo in America today.
There is a wide range of opinions on the subject of cousin marriages. This is fuelled by erroneous information, bigotry, and presumptions. Further we have civil laws and religious creeds based on obsolete information.
The facts about cousin marriages are much clearer.
There are no contemporary studies that indicate cousins have children with significantly higher than normal birth defect
2007-04-08 07:19:34 · update #1
Fact: Second cousins have little, if any increased chance of having children with birth defects, per the book "Clinical Genetics Handbook”– courtesy of the March of Dimes.
Fact: The frequency of cousin marriages in the USA is about 1 in 1,000
Fact: The frequency of cousin marriages in Japan is about 4 in 1,000
Fact: It is estimated that 20 percent of all couples worldwide are first cousins. It is also estimated that 80 percent of all marriages historically have been between first cousins!
Fact: In some cultures, the term cousin and mate are synonymous.
Fact: The range of consanguinity in Saudi Arabia is between 34 to 80+ percent. A study has been done on birth defects resulting from consanguineous marriages in this country. Read about it.
Fact: Albert Einstein married his first cousin. And so did Charles Darwin, who had exceptional children.
Fact: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the longest serving US president in history married his cousin (not a first cousin, howe
2007-04-08 07:20:50 · update #2
u already told an advantage, another one is, u know ur first cousine from childhood.....so, u have idea about her charecter...which u dont have about any other out sider girl. I preffer to marry in family for such reasons.
2007-04-08 06:59:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I refute your source!
the British Royal family is still suffering the effects of cousin marriages and it has been outlawed there for generations.
Get outside your circle and enlarge the genetic pool, that is a biological imperitive. Concentrating the pool into a few branches is illogical.
Thumb rule of life: Don't bone your cousin!
2007-04-08 07:44:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Their children will have a high probability of birth defects. Thus, the ability to collect Social Security for life.
2. They could be the redneck joke instead of just telling redneck jokes.
3. It will make it easier to get a divorce.
2007-04-08 07:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by A friend of Bill W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL you have apoint there.It does carry a stigma but in the Bible a lot of first cousins married one another and it wasnt wrong according to scripture. I know 2 first cousins who are married they have 3 healthy kids and they have been together for years and seem happy.
2007-04-08 06:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Standard practice in much of central asia and parts of the middle east. Keeps the family lines tight.
Personally I am not for it, but I have ugly cousins.
2007-04-08 06:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by Pooky Bear the Sensitive 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You'd have the part of your cousins family that isn't related to you. (Their mom or dad's side depending on if they're your uncle or aunt's kid) It's also illegal in at least most of the US if not all, and you run the risk of birth defects in your future kids.
2007-04-08 06:50:08 · answer #6 · answered by K S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only advantages I can think of are messed up babies and who in their right mind would want to cause that intentionally.With all the single people in the world you cant find someone not related to you?
2007-04-08 07:15:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a one!!
2007-04-08 06:49:36 · answer #8 · answered by luckford2004 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats disgusting. If you even considered marrying someone from your blood line you must have mental issues. ITS NOT NORMAL!!!! Gross!!!!
2007-04-08 07:14:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Inheritance would stay in the family!! No prenups necessary!
2007-04-08 07:10:18 · answer #10 · answered by Vicki B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋