Ken Nelson

This came up at lunch yesterday… so I’m documenting where I “read” that science thinks cousin marriage is fine:

But dispassioned analysis suggests that cousin marriage is no more troubling than childbearing by middle-aged women.

So there you have it… an increased risk of birth defects, but about the same as older woman having babies.

What I believe the study misses is the generational aspect of it. For instance, in royals, where cousins marry cousins and their children marry cousins – all these genetic risks start to add up.

And then you end up looking like this:

Kind Charles II of Spain
Genetic Poster Boy against Royal Inbreeding