Can U Marry Your Cousin?

[beyunce]

Some people dont mind getting married to their cousin.
Especially the hausa's or muslim's.

So wat do u guys think abt these.

[Richard Akindele]

First, define what you mean by cousin, so people would know exactly what you are referring to.

A child of one's aunt or uncle is called first cousin.

A cousin can also be a relative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line.

Even a relative by blood or marriage.

Even further down the line, a cousin can be:

A child of a first cousin of one's parent.
A child of one's first cousin; a first cousin once removed.

In both cases above, it is referred to as second cousin.

[XSi]

i wish i could, but it's too late.

[fw12]

[quote="XSi"]i wish i could, but it's too late. [/quote]

Are you telling me you married your cousin?

I think as long as there's three degree of separation, society should not object to it.

The reason that marrying within ones family circle is bad is that certain rare genetic diseases could be amplified in the society. It happened in Sweden, where the Swedes only married within a narrow pool for a long time. As a result, certain genetic diseases started to appear among the people. The same is true of Jewish people.

[XSi]

Yea even the royal family of England used to marry from the family until haemophilia(difficulty of blood to form clot upon injury) almost wiped them out, then they started marrying from outside to correct the genetic disorder.

[styvyne]

[b] in the nigeria justice system,it is impossible be it first,second,last,wateva.So if you are thinking of such,think again.Come to think of it,isn`t it absurd?[/b]

[fw12]

I don't know if it's absurd. Some cultures actually encourage it. No European country prohibits marriage between first cousins. It is also legal throughout Canada and Mexico to marry your cousin. The USA is the only western country with cousin marriage restrictions.

Second cousins have little, if any increased chance of having children with birth defects, per the book "Clinical Genetics Handbook".

The range of cousin marriages in Saudi Arabia is 80+ percent.

Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sir John A. MacDonald, all married their cousins.