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Related: The Great Cousin Decline --- https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/12/cousin-relationships-fertility-rate/676892/ https://www.theatlantic.com

by shagie 3y ago

Related: The Great Cousin Decline --- https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/12/cousin-relationships-fertility-rate/676892/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/12/cousin-re... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38719249 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38719249 (169 points | 52 days ago | 332 comments)

7thaccount 3y ago
It's all pretty crazy. My wife has quite a few brothers and a bazillion cousins. I have a sister and several cousins. We're the only ones of her family and until very recently the only ones in my family to have a kid (and just one). I think the population is maybe going down harder in the US than we think. It also took us like 2 years to conceive.