marrying your cousin?

[meghatronic]

About time a documentary was made on this subject, this is happening all over the country and has been for a long time.

Amazing that this it isn't illegal in this country.

A ban would be labelled inflammatory, anti-Islam (or whatever) and hence wouldn't happen. As sickening as it is.

But hey, I went to a primary school with 75% Pakistanis. So. Yeah....

 

[Skidder]

I was talking to a Moroccan friend and asked him if he had a new girlfriend .............yes, actually I'm going to ask her to marry me,

brilliant I say, have you known her long


oh yes, all my life, she's my first cousin



First but not the last time our differing socialisation made one of us scratch our heads.

 

[AMG]

I m not a fan of it..but if there is guite a few people between you and them than you know, the less related they are in the family tree the better really...even better if they are only related to you cos of the chruch aka due to a marriage

how annoying that would be lool two people dating the same family one gets married means your techincaly dating your cousin O_O

but than again i go around free will and what not, altrough its legal ( atm) tbh its still not going to stop flings

if you are attracted to them and they are you, you are right for each other than you know not smiled upon but hay.


what? in africa? talk about keep it in the family, that is just nasty, so your inplying that the son has to do his.................

also I see why people do it comes with this, you know each other...but still..... yeah i m sure we all have a couisn we would like to do....

 

[danza]

My wife's Grandparents were fisrt cousins.

I wondered why she had a penchant for the banjo...

 

[AMG]

All my cousins are right mongers, so lucky I'm not asian I suppose.

oh my god..... VERY VERY BIG family

gotta be a few hot girls in that through ( no I m not asian) just perfer asain like the personality and challange of trying to get in with em or a few of em muahahah plus loads of backup in case it goes wrong....win

 

[flibbage0]

Ugh, we consider our first cousins brothers and sisters in our culture [punjabi sikhs].

A fellow Punjabi Sikh, hello

And yes you are right, we do consider it like that.

 

[psd99]

I'm surprised none has mentioned this yet but this is quite simply incest.
It is disgusting, vulgar and sickening.

I consider my cousins as real sisters but for Pakistani people they consider their cousins potential wives. Each to their own - as long as it doesn't affect me!

 

[muon]

The problem isn't just first cousins. The problem is that this can happen for several generations, seriously screwing up the gene pool.

I'm surprised some people have just found about this.

 

[AMG]

I know it was happing for a while even in english families, but than again it tend to be "one night stands" in english not bloody marrige

not as through its happened/happing in my family

 

[hurfdurf]

I'm surprised none has mentioned this yet but this is quite simply incest.
It is disgusting, vulgar and sickening.

I consider my cousins as real sisters but for Pakistani people they consider their cousins potential wives. Each to their own - as long as it doesn't affect me!

I wonder if its a case of not being able to marry outside of direct family because of economic and social restrictions rendering them largely unwanted and undesirable outside of their own culture and thus increasing the likelihood of this.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

If the uncle/aunt is married into the family and it's their children, then those cousins won't be genetically related to you. I think that should remain lawful. However, cousins from your mum's brother's side should become unlawful.

 

[fadetoblack]

I would she's fit : ) No not really

 

[Moeks]

I was aware that this happened and that is was much more prevalent in Pakistani/Bangladeshi culture, but I had no idea it was as common as the statistics say it is. It seems mad to me, the medical evidence is there, the maths does not lie. Yet still people persist in doing this for some reason.

That religious scholar the presenter spoke to at the end of the second half of the program was just ...well, he might as well have said "I don't have any knowledge of this problem because it's not written in the Koran" ...it has nothing to do with religion at all it's science, pure and simple. The allegations of this being an attack on Britain's various Muslim cultures is also ridiculous, it just happens to be far and away most common in those communities hence that's where the issue is being focussed on, no-one is attacking anyone, the country is trying to help them.

The amount the fallout from all this must cost makes me feel sick, especially when most of it is so easily avoided ...by not banging your cousin.

 

[The Running Man]

thats pretty bad practice to be fair

 

[markweatherill]

The Pakistani 'tradition' is for the side of a family that's 'over here' to send the daughters (or sons) 'back home' on 'holiday' to get the other side's sons (or daughters) visas via marriage.

And it does ensure a 'suitable' spouse without having to look very far. But I reckon it's more about the visas .

I think the rules on overseas marriage have changed in the last few years to try to reduce this practice.

Naturally as time has gone on, there are children produced who are sadly suffering from this genetic 'uniformity' and are less likely to find spouses other than by carrying this practice on. Thus it continues.

 

[!bluetonic!]

I would she's fit : ) No not really

After the honeymoon I would get the marriage annulled.

 

[psd99]

I wonder if its a case of not being able to marry outside of direct family because of economic and social restrictions rendering them largely unwanted and undesirable outside of their own culture and thus increasing the likelihood of this.

That's a interesting point of view. There was a lot of talk about "kids being forced" into marrying their cousins. End of the day the person getting married should be able to make the decision but not always possible.

I highly doubt modern marriages are subject to such tension but it probably is family specific. Some families came over generations ago and they are still stuck in the 1950s.Which never helps matters as their thinking is backwards.

 

[Morbius]

The problem isn't just first cousins. The problem is that this can happen for several generations, seriously screwing up the gene pool.

The Ancient Egyptians were well known for this. Tutankhamun ended up being the last in his line of the family because the DNA had been heavily compromised through many generations of inbreeding. He and his wife tried to have children but both times the child was stillborn with various genetic conditions.

 

[Temi_D]

I know this happens in Africa too. I heard (not sure if it’s true) that some families in Africa, if the father goes away for weeks on end for whatever reason. It’s up to the eldest son to take over the fathers duties, including.......well you can figure it out for yourself

Proof? afaik doing something like that is an abomination and will result in DEATH

I think you have it confused it with: If a father DIES, It is the father's BROTHER that takes over his duties and marries his wife (if he isnt already married).

Thats a very sick rumour to spread

 

[Mr_Sean]

I used to live next door to married, white, English first cousins. They had 4 children, the two oldest were the ugliest people I think I have ever seen, like a genetic experiment gone wrong. The two youngest were extremely badly mentally and physically disabled and damn ugly to boot. A perfect example of why not to breed with your first cousin!

Having said that I had an ex-girlfriend who was the daughter of first cousins, very good looking, intelligent etc but she did have a rather heavy appetite for drink and drugs which I expect was related to the parents appetite for the same.