Global inbreeding

[roadrunner]

it's a custom in south India. You realize that's probably half a billion people?

it's a likely source of inbreeding.

[JattApache]

it's a custom in south India. You realize that's probably half a billion people?

it's a likely source of inbreeding.

I'm not a south indian.

I'm a Jatt from Haryana , but I don't live there
( it formed part of the Greater punjab with Himachal pradesh )

And sorry to say that,
But in my culture , We find it disgusting to marry a cousin

We consider our cousins like our sisters / brothers
We can't marry them

Urgh....

[faye]

bharati, this nerd is just bs ing. the map is completely stupid and he is just tongue in cheeking to entertain his tiny brain.

[Pakhtunzai]

Cousin marriage in pakistan is ridiculously widescale. There are quite a few reasons why pakistanis do this. First of all, some of the pakistanis are seriously stuck up, those who consider themselves as "higher class" people and they keep away from those that are from "lower class", due to this they would like to "keep it in the family" hence the cousin marriages occur. Secondly, a lot of pakistanis came to the UK in 1965 due to being poor and looking for work, as a result those that came here and settled did favours for their brothers and sisters and gave their childrens hand in marriage to get family from backhome here. The rest of it is down to "tradition" which is purely ignorance, just because its "allowed" in islam people think they are given the green light to go ahead and do so. When actually it is makrooh in islam. I have my own opinions on this though, I'm completely against 1st cousin marriages as its almost like marrying your own brother or sister, but from 2nd cousin onwards I would still contest but if it occurs every 2-3 generations I don't see why there should be a problem.

[roadrunner]

I'm not a south indian.

I'm a Jatt from Haryana , but I don't live there
( it formed part of the Greater punjab with Himachal pradesh )

And sorry to say that,
But in my culture , We find it disgusting to marry a cousin

We consider our cousins like our sisters / brothers
We can't marry them

Urgh....

Jatts form some of the biggest inbreeders don't they?

Rajputs are severely inbred.

Recent studies have shown Rajputs to have beta thalaseemia at 25%, Baloch the least at 3%. Jatts are extremely high.

[roadrunner]

bharati, this nerd is just bs ing. the map is completely stupid and he is just tongue in cheeking to entertain his tiny brain.

why do you say that? did you not read the link i gave? are you saying the link is a lie?

[faye]

and if we are all from adam and eve............?

[roadrunner]

Cousin marriage in pakistan is ridiculously widescale. There are quite a few reasons why pakistanis do this. First of all, some of the pakistanis are seriously stuck up, those who consider themselves as "higher class" people and they keep away from those that are from "lower class", due to this they would like to "keep it in the family" hence the cousin marriages occur. Secondly, a lot of pakistanis came to the UK in 1965 due to being poor and looking for work, as a result those that came here and settled did favours for their brothers and sisters and gave their childrens hand in marriage to get family from backhome here. The rest of it is down to "tradition" which is purely ignorance, just because its "allowed" in islam people think they are given the green light to go ahead and do so. When actually it is makrooh in islam. I have my own opinions on this though, I'm completely against 1st cousin marriages as its almost like marrying your own brother or sister, but from 2nd cousin onwards I would still contest but if it occurs every 2-3 generations I don't see why there should be a problem.

Not really. Cousin marriages in some areas of Pakistan are high, in others are low (the Baloch being one example).

[Pakhtunzai]

I don't really know about Baloch and northern areas but the majority of pakistan do this.

[roadrunner]

no they don't. it is fairly common in some areas of the punjab though particularly mirpur. The statistics show Rajputs do it the most, closely followed by Jatts.

b-thalassemia was prevalent in Punjabis (60.7%) followed by Saraikees (25.5%). Castewise it was most frequent in Rajputs followed by Jatts, Arain, Sheikhs and Pathans. 56.7% of the couples were first cousins and 19.8% were relatives.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17374299

It is highly frequent in northern india also. but southern india is the global epicentre of inbreeding. it diffused northwards.

[roadrunner]

CONCLUSION:

In this series, the highest frequency was found in Punjabi Rajputs. The commonest mutation was Fr 8-9. Most parents were first cousins. Premarital thalassemia carrier testing can effectively reduce the disease.

[roadrunner]

According to a study of Indian states by the Anthropological Survey of
India, at least 97 percent of the communities in Andhra Pradesh adhere
to community endogamy and marriages between close relations.

http://www.mombu.com/culture/india/t-andhra-records-highest-level-of-inbreeding-in-india-study-8307221.html

[JattApache]

Jatts form some of the biggest inbreeders don't they?

Rajputs are severely inbred.

Recent studies have shown Rajputs to have beta thalaseemia at 25%, Baloch the least at 3%. Jatts are extremely high.

^ jatts from pakistan
I don't if you know that there are many jatts and punjabis in pakistan

In indian punjab, We consider our cousins as our sisters
We can't marry our sisters , that's disgusting

[roadrunner]

jatts in pakistan and jatts in india are culturally very similar.

most sikh jatts migrated from pakistan at partition. the same culture continues.

[JattApache]

Lol no, we don't marry our cousins
In the contrary of the muslims jatts

In my personnal case, my family, relatives never married a cousin

You know nothing about sikhs and indian punjabi jatts