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11/18 British MP: Stop the inbreeding!
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\_ Charles Darwin, the Evolution guy and a Brit, married his first
cousin Emma Wedgwood.
cousin Emma Wedgwood. Queen Elizabeth II married her third cousin
Prince Philip.
\_ and?
\_ "First cousins face lower risk of having children with genetic
conditions than is widely perceived"
http://csua.org/u/e19 (http://www.washington.edu
\_ Critics calling for legal incest in Germany:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C13509-1867271%2C00.html
\_ I should move there with my sister.
\_ Did you see that guy had 4 kids with his sister. Would you
risk that, incestguy?
\_ The pill these days is very effective. There are also
condoms. |
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| csua.org/u/e18 -> www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/16/ncous16.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/16/ixhome.html Contact us Ban Asian marriages of cousins, says MP By Marco Giannangeli (Filed: 16/11/2005) Marriages between cousins should be banned after research showed alarming rates in defective births among Asian communities in Britain, a Labour MP said last night. The report, commissioned by Ann Cryer, revealed that the Pakistani commun ity accounted for 30 per cent of all births with recessive disorders, de spite representing 34 per cent of the birth rate nationwide. "We address problems of smoking, drinking, obesity and we say it's a publ ic health issue, therefore we have to get involved with persuading peopl e to adopt a different lifestyle," the MP for Keighley, Bradford, told B BC2's Newsnight programme last night. They must look ou tside the family for husbands and wives for their young people." It is estimated that more than 55 per cent of British Pakistanis are marr ied to first cousins, resulting in an increasing rate of genetic defects and high rates of infant mortality. The likelihood of unrelated couples having the same variant genes that cause recessive disorders are estima ted to be 100-1. Between first cousins, the odds increase to as much as one in eight. In Bradford, more than three quarters of all Pakistani marriages are beli eved to be between first cousins. The city's Royal Infirmary Hospital ha s identified more than 140 different recessive disorders among local chi ldren, compared with the usual 20-30. The findings were expected to be condemned by the Asian community, in whi ch many see the tradition of marriages between first cousins as cultural ly fundamental. "You have an understanding, you have the same family history," said Neila Butt, who has had two children with her husband, Farooq, her first cous in. |
| csua.org/u/e19 -> www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2002archive/04-02archive/k040302a.html edu DATE: April 3, 2002 First cousins face lower risk of having children with genetic conditions tha n is widely perceived Cousins contemplating marriage or concerned about a pregnancy arising fro m their union have often found it difficult to get accurate information about risks to their offspring. In a paper published in the April issue of the Journal of Genetic Counsel ing, a task force made up of genetic counselors, physicians and epidemio logists, among others, has evaluated the evidence about risks for offspr ing for first cousins and provides guidelines for counseling and advisin g such couples. It considered recommendations for various unions of consang uineous (literally, blood-sharing) couples related as second cousins or more closely. The consensus of the task force and those who reviewed the recommendation s "is that beyond a thorough medical family history with follow-up of si gnificant findings, no additional preconception screening is recommended for consanguineous couples." They should, of course, be offered genetic screening tests that would routinely be offered to other couples of the ir ethnic group. In part because of social stigma and because marriage between first cousi ns is prohibited in 30 states and laws on other consanguineous relations hips vary, the authors note that many such unions are kept secret. "Because of widespread misconceptions about the actual level of risk to o ffspring, some of these pregnancies are terminated and other couples suf fer a lot of needless anxiety," said Robin Bennett, lead author of the p aper and president-elect of the National Society of Genetic Counselors. University of Washington Medical Center and manages the Genetic Medicine Clinic there. Arno Motulsky, professor emeritus of med icine and genome sciences at the UW and a pioneer in medical genetics st udies. Relatively few studies have documented actual risks to the offspring of c onsanguineous unions, the authors note, and many of the studies that hav e been done are flawed in terms of their relevance for the general popul ation. The task force reviewed all studies published in English in the m edical literature, and some additional materials. What the authors were looking for is the additional risk of significant b irth defects (mental retardation or genetic disorders) -- or risk that i s more than that faced by the general population of couples. For example , for couples, if the base (general population) risk of genetic conditio ns is 5 percent, it's the additional risk that is important for consangu ineous couples to know. Although they emphasize that it's not possible to come up with one number for all populations of consanguineous couples, the authors estimate the additional risk to range from 17 to 28 percent for first cousin union s From her experience in counseling, Bennett believes these numbers are far lower than most people's perception of the risk. One reason these issues and questions have come to the fore now is that h ealth care practitioners are seeing more cousin unions in the immigrant population coming to North America from Africa and the Middle East. In s ome of these societies, the authors note, cousin marriages are actually traditionally preferred and quite common. Better information and appropr iate guidelines are especially needed by physicians and genetic counselo rs who work with these groups so that more objective and culturally resp ectful services can be provided. The paper also includes guidelines for screening for the recessive genes that can produce offspring with disorders of metabolism or hearing disor ders, among others. In many cases, these disorders can be treated if fou nd early in life. In the same vein, the importance of routine, regular e arly childhood pediatric care, as set out in American Academy of Pediatr ics guidelines, is emphasized for children of cousin unions. And what about the laws preventing cousins from marrying? The authors not e such laws may eventually change as a result of evidence about actual r isks. |
| www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C13509-1867271%2C00.html The Times and The Sunday Times electronic paper The Times and The Sunday Times electronic paper Search Search Europe The Times November 11, 2005 Brother is jailed for incest By a Correspondent A MAN who first met his sister when he was in his twenties and then had f our children with her was jailed for 2 years yesterday. The 28-year-old man, identified as Patrick S, had been put up for adoptio n when he was 4, and met his sister in 2000. He was already serving 11 m onths for having the two older children with his sister and was yesterda y convicted in Leipzig over the birth of two girls in April last year an d this year. His sister, Susan K, 21, was put under the supervision of s ocial services for a year. Defence lawyers said they wanted to take the case to the supreme court. I t was unclear whether the couple, from Zwenkau, in Saxony, would appeal against the verdict. Legal experts have called for Germany to follow France, Turkey, Japan and Brazil in legalising consensual sex between adult relatives. |
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