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First cousin marriages are still quite common today in some countries. Many of my school friends' parents were first cousins.

• Blackstone4 4y ago
  Where do you live? Country?
  • Mikeb85 4y ago
    It's common in basically the whole Arab world. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_in_the_Middle_East https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_in_the_Middl...
    • implements 4y ago
      Common in Pakistan, also - not sure about India. It’s odd, because Islam preaches ‘bodily purity’ but repeated cousin marriage rapidly causes the accumulation of significant genetic defects - so you’d think religion would steer culture towards better beliefs and practices concerning that.
      • Yabood 4y ago
        I think you’re confusing religion with cultural practices. Islam allows cousin marriage, but doesn’t encourage it.
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        • implements 4y ago
          Yeah, my post was ambiguous - I was wondering why people who followed Islam retained a cultural practice which seems at odds with the religious principles of physical and ritual purity.
      • the-printer 4y ago
        > so you’d think religion would steer culture towards better beliefs and practices concerning that. If we were to take into account what would influence a family to practice marriage between cousins in excess (which is largely a preoccupation with material wealth and status), then it does.
    • Blackstone4 4y ago
      What drives it? Wealth retention to keep it in the family?