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To: Sherman Logan

It is harmful. We live in an Amish and Mennonite area with a lot of 2nd or 3rd cousin marriages (over generations)and marriages among people who are “double” cousins (both sides of the family). The local doctors advise against it. A local family lost a baby last because the couple were second cousins whose families had intermarried for years.


15 posted on 08/17/2013 5:29:24 AM PDT by Cloverfarm (This too shall pass ...)
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To: Cloverfarm

I used to drive for Trailways and had a lot of Amish passengers. There was a very high percentage of children with defects.


35 posted on 08/17/2013 5:53:16 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (I'm so conservative I won't even wear progressive bifocals.)
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