Would you ever marry your cousin ?

Mind explaining then? Cuz i have done GCSE Biology don't recall this coming up in the syllabus though.

Watching this interesting programme on iPlayer which caused me to raise the question.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p056gvhm/should-i-marry-my-cousin
So would you ever marry your cousin ?
Personally,I would not.

Your cousin has similar genes. So they'll have the same recessive genes as you and a lot of the recessive genes will include genetic disorders and disabilities. Your offspring will therefore have a high chance of having these recessive diseases.

That's ****ing gross, man but it happens when people want to keep one type of ethnicity 'pure' 🙄

Lol my cousin is defo's not a person you'd wanna marry.

It doesn't work like that, lol. Did you GCSE biology at all?

Lol my cousin is defo's not a person you'd wanna marry.

Haha why? Is he the kind of lad you'd want as friend with benefits?

i think im gonna vomit

My work here is done!

Lol nah seriously what's wrong with him?

I'm curious, I would be miserable if I had to marry my cousins, I think they are all obnoxious morons(probably a trait that runs in the family) lol.

Excuse my non pc use of the word but by pure you mean "purely retarded"! Lol

i dont wanna say its too personal haha

Side note: The chances of children born to cousins getting genetic disorders is not actually extremely high, hence why it is allowed in some parts. The biggest risk occurs when someone has a child with one of their parents or siblings or if their family has a long history of inbreeding.

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On topic: I do not even know my cousins, but I would not.

We know but it would still be a higher risk for cousin marriages,regardless of whether there is history or not .
First post by you that I have not seen any emojis.

The risk would not that much higher (I think it is like 6% in comparison to a normal couple's 3%), but I get what you mean.

I make such posts sometimes