Lad I work with right.....
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Dead nice, pakistani parents, born and raised over here, spent time in the US and lots of other countries, we educated, speaks 4 languages, married with a kid in a big house,
I asked him how he met his wife and he laughed and said 'oh she's my cousin',
erm, what?
I asked him how he met his wife and he laughed and said 'oh she's my cousin',
erm, what?
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But that's legal back in the UK, surely?

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Really??
Oh dear............
Oh dear............


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Cousins can marry in the UK.What is frowned upon is if this is repeated generation after generation whereby the risk of deformed births is greatly increased.
The % of British Pakistanis married to cousins is very [email protected] 50% if I recall
-prolific in Midlands(Is Bradford Midlands?-case study I am thinking of).
The % of British Pakistanis married to cousins is very [email protected] 50% if I recall
-prolific in Midlands(Is Bradford Midlands?-case study I am thinking of).

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first cousin marraige is legal but there have been a number of concerns raised recently
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...medicalscience
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...medicalscience
