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rocketpig said:

He's probably lying but hooking up with a cousin is far more common than one would think. Also, there's very little chance of the baby having birth defects... only 1-2% more than normal.

Now if two consecutive generations do it, the chances of defects go way up.

Really, it's a strange myth that has stayed in our social consciousness for far too long. It was disproved over 30 years ago. Hell, even marrying a cousin is legal in half the US and pretty much all of Europe.

Well at least in West Virginia