[dennisw]

Cousin Marriage Conundrum: Ancient practice discourages democratic nation-building (in Iraq)
steve sailor ^ | Thu Feb 27, 2003 | steve sailor

Posted on 04/12/2004 10:15:16 AM EDT by dennisw

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iSteve/message/316

"Cousin Marriage Conundrum: The ancient practice discourages democratic nation-building" 
by Steve Sailer The American Conservative, Jan. 13, 2003, pp. 20-22 (not online)

[GoLightly]

Interesting theory, but the conclusions it draws lack merit. Cousin marriage was very prevalent in America through the colonial period, at the time of the American revolution & beyond. I'm not just talking about the hills in Kentucky either. Do a genalogical study in America if you don't believe me. I notice how they didn't go back further than the 1940's when looking at the US. There is a good reason for that, cuz if they had gone back any further the theory begins to break down.