Many studies show that the prevalence of consanguineous marriages among Muslim populations is more than in other populations, worldwide; it is approximately 52%, with an average inbreeding coefficient of 0.0312.
47-60% of marriages in Iraq are consanguineous, according to a 2009 study in the journal Reproductive Health. In Iraq the right of the cousin has also traditionally been followed as cousin marriage accounts 50%.
Inbreeding or consanguineous marriage is a common traditional practice in Middle Eastern cultures. Studies from various countries and communities of this region showed that the frequencies range from 20% to greater than 70%.
3 Consanguinity is a preferred form of marriage in most Arab and Middle Eastern societies; with Arab countries having the highest rate of consanguineous marriage. 4 Consanguineous marriage is related to the existence and spread of the tribes and clans who trace their roots to the Bedouin.
The combination of poverty, social and political instability, and cultural practices that exists in the Middle East and North Africa facilitates the practice of child marriage and greatly increases the exposure of girl children to sexual exploitation.
The Middle East has uniquely high rates of cousin marriage among the world's regions. Certain Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, have rates of marriage to first or second cousins that may exceed 70%. Iraq was estimated in one study to have a rate of 33%.
Traditionally, Tasmania has always been lampooned as the most inbred state. Two comedians from Tasmania had a successful act as a two-headed man, playing on the tradition of genetic faults in Tasmania.
Of the practicing regions, Middle Eastern and northern Africa territories show the greatest frequencies of consanguinity. Among these populations with high levels of inbreeding, researchers have found several disorders prevalent among inbred offspring.
Abstract. The social and cultural origins of the Hutterian Brethren, the most inbred population in North America, are described along with the characteristics that make the group useful for genetic studies. The Hutterites represent a closed population, with high levels of fertility and consanguinity.
As far as Islam is concerned, a person's mother's cousin is lawful to him for marriage, unless there is some other reason to prevent this.
You cannot marry your mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, great-niece, aunts, or great-aunts. You also cannot marry someone who is also related to you through such relatives.
First cousins have an inbreeding coefficient of 0.0625. Anything at or above 0.0156, the coefficient for second cousins, is considered consanguineous; that includes relationships between people and their nephews and nieces.
research on minimum viable population
They created the “50/500” rule, which suggested that a minimum population size of 50 was necessary to combat inbreeding and a minimum of 500 individuals was needed to reduce genetic drift.
The prevalence of consanguineous marriage among the Arab population in Israel increased significantly from 36.3% to 41.6% in the decade from 2007 to 2017. First-cousin and closer marriages constituted about 50% of total consanguineous marriages in the two periods surveyed.
The most extreme form of inbreeding is selfing, that is the mating of an individual to itself. This process is possible in many plant species because each individual produces both male and female germ cells.
The Colt incest family is almost all grown up and a family tree of the depraved clan, whose discovery living in isolation in the hills behind a country town rocked the world, shows its tangled bloodlines.
Studies indicate that inbreeding will eventually produce autistic symptoms. The one commonality is our ancestors and after millions of inbreeds, the world population has become so numerous that it is now globally sharing ancestors which is producing genetic abnormalities.
The 38-member Colt clan were forced to live in squalor in a sickening story of incest, neglect and pedophilia that shocked the world when their story was first revealed. Since then, the children have all been given court-appointed pseudonyms to conceal their identities.
Ethnic Groups:
English 25.9%, Australian 25.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4%, Italian 3.3%, German 3.2%, Chinese 3.1%, Indian 1.4%, Greek 1.4%, Dutch 1.2%, other 15.8% (includes Australian aboriginal .
Australians of European descent are the majority in Australia, with the number of ancestry responses categorised within the European groups as a proportion of the total population amounting to 57.2% (including 46% North-West European and 11.2% Southern and Eastern European).
The increase in the number of Chinese-born in Australia particularly occurred since 2006. Of the 3.3 million migrants who came to Australia between 2006 and 2021, over one quarter (27.1%) were born in China or India.
Some people may be surprised that you can marry your first cousin! In fact, it may shock many people that in Australia there are quite a number of your relatives whom it is legal for you to marry. I expect that some people simply cannot imagine being married to any relative. But the law says it's ok to do so.
There is a general consensus among Sunni and Shia fiqh experts that Surah Al-Baqarah 221 and Surat Al‑Mumtahanah 10 ban Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. This consensus is still standing strong. On the other hand, the Quran allows Muslim men to marry non-Muslim women (“People of the Book”).
Cousin marriage occurs more commonly and is customary to varying degrees among people of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Middle Eastern origin, and also among some groups of Indian origin, Irish travellers, and some refugee populations.