On Apr 6, 2015, at 10:28 PM, Laquita Belinfante via wrote: > > In the BELINFANTE I find since 1526, 23 instances of 1st cousins marrying, > the last being my paternal 2nd Great Grandparents Aron and Hanna X 1838 > Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They were Jewish. Also my mother's younger > sister married her 1st cousin in 1958 in Johannesburg. They have 5 children, > all perfectly normal, as are the 10 great grandchildren and no infantile > deaths or mis-carriages. There is nothing genetically wrong with first cousins marrying. The old wives tales about it had no basis in science. IF - and it is a big IF - IF there was a recessive gene for a deleterious feature, it will have a slight chance of occurring in related matches compared with unrelated. But most families have no such gene issues and then it matters not at all. Namaste, Irene -- Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom. P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220. www.Furryboots.info (Info on Feline health, genetics, nutrition & homeopathy) "Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."
Hello: According to the 1560 charts, it does not mention first cousins. They were allowed to marry, and was very common to do so. Bart. -----Original Message----- There is nothing genetically wrong with first cousins marrying.
Hi My Parents are 1st cousins and I am one of 6 girls and 1 boy we are all over 50 years old and still going strong. There might be a bit of insanity in the family or illnesses like ³genealogy² but we are all just perfect !!! My dads sister also married a first cousin. Cheers Heather From: Bart Simon via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Organization: BS Reply-To: Bart Simon <thewanderer@iburst.co.za>, <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 2:47 PM To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM[!!!] Hello: According to the 1560 charts, it does not mention first cousins. They were allowed to marry, and was very common to do so. Bart. -----Original Message----- There is nothing genetically wrong with first cousins marrying. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message