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NHS defends cousin marriages because ‘only 15 percent lead to birth defects’ (www.yahoo.com)
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Midwives have been told about the benefits of “close relative marriage” in training documents that minimise the risks to couples’ children.

The documents claim “85 to 90 per cent of cousin couples do not have affected children” and warn staff that “close relative marriage is often stigmatised in England”, adding claims that “the associated genetic risks have been exaggerated”.

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[–] -2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Obviously they have, it's just very few and far between.

It's a bit silly to bring up royal families and pretend their lifestyles are similar to that of the common man.

Look at this map and tell me the issue is European culture.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    It reads like a dogwhistle for xenophobia. I deleted my original comment because I had second thoughts that OP was referring strictly the article and I misunderstood. I'm starting to think my original thought wasn't too far off, though.

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