Intermarriage 'major risk factor' in Peterborough child deaths

[Viper 94]

the genetic disorders that are unique or more prevalent among the abkhazian jew is largely due to the fact that for around 800+ years the abkhazian jew hardly married outside their group. The groups is estimated to have started out with 300-400 individuals and today essentially all abkhazian jews are 30th cousins of each other.
In pakistan since the population is so large, the problem is not so big and can be corrected quite easily since there is such a large genetic pool and the region of south asia has always been genetically diverse
the height drop is largely due to more inclusive data and a slight decline in nutritional intake.
compared to indian average pakistani male height is still a good 2 to 3 inches higher

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Isolated case of cousin marriage is not as problematic as repeated generation involving in cousin marriage

 

[asif1986]

In the big cities cousin marriages are decreasing.I have a friend from karachi in england and he said that his brother and sister married un-related spouses.But with british pakistanis majority of marriages are still between first cousins and other closely related people.

 

[Hamza913]

I don't care what anybody says. We are discussing and expressing our opinions.



In Islam, cousin marriage is allowed but not mandated. The generations of cousin marriages have consequences.



These reckless acts does not effect genetics of next generation while the cousin marriage does.



Exactly.

Never said they do.

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

Never said they do.

The Pakistani community in UK seem to be epicenter of these birth defects due to consanguineous marriages.

 

[Hamza913]

The Pakistani community in UK seem to be epicenter of these birth defects due to consanguineous marriages.

Really? I haven't noticed.

 

[asif1986]

The link below has a article i feel is relevant to this thread
When it comes to ‘I do’, the cult of clans matter - Newspaper - DAWN.COM