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2025-11-26 18:44:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EDD0820C6D443EFD344CC3E35BA497D66D2728793DCE573F96743C5186DE38FA
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For centuries Europe imposed prohibitions on consanguineous marriages. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cedex/documents/papers/cedex-discussion-paper-2016-16.pdf Among many pops in Western Europe & North America, first-cousin marriage is rare, 0.6%. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/132961468002966115/pdf/wps4085.pdf In some Muslim countries like Pakistan rates for first- or other close-relative marriages often exceed 60%. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5079102/
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