The Benefits of First Cousin Marriage - NHS

[Gacmeey]

I have be a long standing supporter of first cousin marriages. Even though there is a ~3% increased chance of birth defects when compared to non first cousin marriages, that doesn’t mean we should disregard it.

First-cousin marriage has ‘benefits’, says NHS guidance despite birth defect risk

Tory MP says health service should ‘stop taking the knee’ to damaging cultural practices

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Keep it a boqol]

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[bobby_hill-Punt]

I have be a long standing supporter of first cousin marriages. Even though there is a ~3% increased chance of birth defects when compared to non first cousin marriages, that doesn’t mean we should disregard it.

First-cousin marriage has ‘benefits’, says NHS guidance despite birth defect risk

Tory MP says health service should ‘stop taking the knee’ to damaging cultural practices

www.telegraph.co.uk

Uakus @Admin sxb delete this thread

 

[sums20]

This isn't related to us we aren't the ones championing on cousin marriage here leave this one to the south Asians

 

[moosaid]

What a good news my cousin is

 

[Ximan iyo Xadeed]

I have nothing against cousin marriages , it's not a thing in Somali culture and rarely ever happens.

 

[Khal Mah Oma]

If you want to marry your first cousin that’s fine on your behalf (even though I’d disagree with it for medical reasons and how disgusting it is) it’s your choice. But don’t lie and say it has benefits. Because it doesn’t. This practice is controversial for obvious reasons.

 

[Arkan]

Hard pass leave that for the Pakistani and Arabs

 

[Avalanche]

I have be a long standing supporter of first cousin marriages. Even though there is a ~3% increased chance of birth defects when compared to non first cousin marriages, that doesn’t mean we should disregard it.

First-cousin marriage has ‘benefits’, says NHS guidance despite birth defect risk

Tory MP says health service should ‘stop taking the knee’ to damaging cultural practices

www.telegraph.co.uk

You want to marry your cousin

 

[Gacmeey]

You want to marry your cousin

We are all cousins. Why does the degree of separation matter? We will all marry our cousins even if she is Becky

 

[Gacmeey]

If you want to marry your first cousin that’s fine on your behalf (even though I’d disagree with it for medical reasons and how disgusting it is) it’s your choice. But don’t lie and say it has benefits. Because it doesn’t. This practice is controversial for obvious reasons.

There’s a possibility of a first cousin marriage being less risky than a non first cousin marriage and even if not the additional risk is minute. As for it being disgusting, you have been programmed by cadaan, it wasn’t disgusting to your Awoowe or aabo. You can’t even bring one rational argument as to why it is disgusting.

 

[Gacmeey]

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Oh yes I want to smash my first cousin. It’s not like I was hiding it saxib. I’m not here to hide shit #Cousinloveislove

 

[Khal Mah Oma]

We are all cousins. Why does the degree of separation matter? We will all marry our cousins even if she is Becky

That’s quite a disingenuous take. We’re related but not very close at all. Marrying someone who you are biologically related would create a child with medical and neurological disease.

 

[Gacmeey]

This isn't related to us we aren't the ones championing on cousin marriage here leave this one to the south Asians

I’m not saying it needs to be the norm but I don’t like the “taboo-zization” of something that is halal and not harmful. And to anyone saying it is harmful let me just tell you that non cousin marriages basically carry the same risk

 

[Gacmeey]

That’s quite a disingenuous take. We’re related but not a very close at all. Marrying someone who you are biologically related would create a child with medical and neurological disease.

Marrying someone you are not related to could also create a child with medical and neurological diseases. What is your point since this isn’t unique to first cousin marriages or any cousin marriage for that matter.

 

[cunug3aad]

There’s a possibility of a first cousin marriage being less risky than a non first cousin marriage and even if not the additional risk is minute. As for it being disgusting, you have been programmed by cadaan, it wasn’t disgusting to your Awoowe or aabo. You can’t even bring one rational argument as to why it is disgusting.

Now what did our ancestors feel about cousin marriage
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[Khal Mah Oma]

Marrying someone you are not related to could also create a child with medical and neurological diseases. What is your point since this isn’t unique to first cousin marriages or any cousin marriage for that matter.

You are right but that’s merely a role in a dice. It’s not highly bound your child would have a neurological condition if you are not related. When you’re marrying someone who you are related to ( a very close family connection) would make an obvious problem for the child developmental well being. There’s countless evidence for this btw. So im not sure why you think is a great idea.

 

[Gacmeey]

You are right but that’s merely a role in a dice. It’s not highly bound your child would have a neurological condition if you are not related

Erm a 3% increase on a “roll of the dice” odds is not very much…

When you’re marrying someone who you are related to ( a very close family connection). would make an obvious problem for the child developmental well being. There’s countless evidence for this btw. So im not sure why you think is a great idea.

The evidence shows that CONSEQUENT first cousin marriages carries risk, not occasional cousin marriages. The literature is literally on my side of the argument. There’s more risker marriages than first cousin marriages. Furthermore, second cousin marriages are basically the same as non cousin marriages

 

[cunug3aad]

Theres ahadith of imaam shaaficii saying if a family always marries cousins there will be fools in their lineage and of umar ra i believe telling a family to marry out as they had gotten "frail". It is of course halal but the whole point of the taboo and people looking at you some way is to ensure that it does not become a norm. If something is not taboo it becomes convention and if something is not convention it becomes taboo. There is not really an inbetween between a convention and a taboo

 

[Khal Mah Oma]

There’s a possibility of a first cousin marriage being less risky than a non first cousin marriage and even if not the additional risk is minute. As for it being disgusting, you have been programmed by cadaan, it wasn’t disgusting to your Awoowe or aabo. You can’t even bring one rational argument as to why it is disgusting.

I don’t think majority of our ancestors married their cousins. And I wouldn’t say marrying from your own clan is cousin marriage. But I’d consider the Somalis that marries their cousins the minority (a very small amount).