Kissing cousins 'have more kids'

Iggy Dalrymple · � #1 � 02-09-2008, 10:05 PM

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Kissing cousins 'have more kids'

Distant relatives who married were found to have more children
Marrying a distant relative could mean a larger family, according to Icelandic researchers who studied their nation's genetic record.

The Science journal study found third and fourth cousin couples had more children than those more distantly related.

These cousins may be biologically more compatible, the specialist genetics firm deCODE concluded.

However, there was no advantage in partnerships involving first cousins. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7233590.stm

My paternal grandparents were 1st cousins but they only had three children.
They now have over a hundred living descendants.

scorpiotiger · � #2 � 02-10-2008, 11:09 AM

we are all distant relatives.

maybe if we remembered that, the world would be a better place (or worse.. didn't seem to help Romeo and Juliet

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Iggy Dalrymple · � #3 � 02-10-2008, 03:17 PM

yeah, but 2nd or 3rd cuz is just right......like those crunchie semi-popped kernels at the bottom of the bag

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