Cousin Love: Is It Right or Wrong? We tell you the truth behind the saying “the more cousin, the closer I get”, here…
If you are a young girl, you know that having something with a cousin is quite a taboo in any family, however, it wasn’t like that a few years ago.
In fact, marrying a relative was a way to keep resources within the family; It is still practiced in some ancient cultures. For royalty it was a rule, recently broken.
Why is love between cousins frowned upon today?
With the scientific advances of the 20th century in genetics, it was known that having children between cousins increased the risk of suffering from hereditary diseases.
Contrary to what was expected, this social sanction made These forbidden relationships were more temptingso they keep happening, even if it’s in secret.
The reality is that several studies indicate that the risk of sick children born to cousin unions is only slightly higher than average among people without blood ties. The real danger is that it occurs within the same family in a systematic and repetitive way.
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With information from: Vanguard, and Vix.