Life In Pieces

[+ Avalon]

One of the segments in the recent episode dealt with genealogy. It was discovered that there had been an uncle / niece marriage in the family. The family was going on about incest.

 

Imo there is nothing wrong with uncle / niece marriage. In fact the Spanish Royal Family descends from such a union. King Ferdinand VII married his niece Maria Cristina of Naples.

 

I see nothing wrong with cousins marrying. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were first cousins.

[BigK]

I love this show.

[+ purplekow]

One of the segments in the recent episode dealt with genealogy. It was discovered that there had been an uncle / niece marriage in the family. The family was going on about incest.

 

Imo there is nothing wrong with uncle / niece marriage. In fact the Spanish Royal Family descends from such a union. King Ferdinand VII married his niece Maria Cristina of Naples.

 

I see nothing wrong with cousins marrying. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were first cousins.

 

The increased likelihood of genetic disease is the main warning about close family marriage. That some work side step that issue does not make it less of an issue. The relative high rate of Hemophilia among certain inbred royal families would attest to this.