The tragic truth about cousin marriages: They can cause a litany of genetic illnesses and they’re a key factor in the deaths of two children a week in Britain, so why is it taboo to talk about them, asks SUE REID | Mail Online
- The World Health Organisation insists that attempts to stop consanguineous marriage are ‘undesirable and inappropriate’
- The stance of local councils in Britain, including multi-cultural Oldham in Lancashire, tallies with this view
- In the former cotton mill town, 20 babies born each year have a consanguinity-related disorder, of whom 11 live with chronic disability
- Yet the Health and Wellbeing Board overseen by Oldham council recently said cousin marriage is an ‘integral part of cultural and social life’
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