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Re:Why Saudi Arabia Is Pushing Premarital Genetic Screening by ars on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:37AM (#16061810)
> they don't really know why, just that it is

This taboo does not come from the Bible, since the Bible does not prohibit cousin marriage. I assume the taboo comes from seeing problems in offspring.

Scientifically, occasional cousin marriage is not usually a problem. It's only when it's repeated more than once that it starts to be a problem.

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Re:Why Saudi Arabia Is Pushing Premarital Genetic Screening by nkrisc on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:01PM (#16064503)
I made no mention of the Bible nor where the taboo comes from, but merely mentioned that is is a taboo that is cemented in some cultures and I posited that most people from those cultures aren't aware of why they think it's taboo beyond the fact their culture makes it taboo.
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Re:Why Saudi Arabia Is Pushing Premarital Genetic Screening by ars on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:38PM (#16066039)
I know you didn't. But a lot of people falsely think it comes from the Bible, so I figured I'd mention it.
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