When we think of our family members, especially our cousins, the words that probably come to our minds are “friend” or “brother” or “sister”. But unfortunately, in some Middle Eastern, African and ...

A new study finds that consanguinity – unions between close relatives – may increase the risk of common diseases such as type 2 diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers from the ...

Long ago in Latin class I must have established a link between nepotism and Cornelius Nepos, the Roman biographer and friend of Catullus and Cicero. Only recently, when confronted with questions about ...

To determine whether consanguinity adversely influences pregnancy outcome in South India, where consanguinity is a common means of family property retention. The study was conducted in four primary ...

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators at Queen Mary University of London analysed the genomic data of diverse groups to investigate the relationship between ...

Purpose: There are no clinical practice data regarding collecting information on consanguinity as part of family history, despite its relevance for identifying at-risk pregnancies. We determined ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objectives: Recent studies have highlighted the potential of analyses of genomic sharing to produce insight into the demographic processes ...

Nearly 14 in every 100 Indian women marry first cousins or other close or distant relatives and face enhanced risks of spontaneous abortions, stillbirths and post-neonatal child mortality, new ...

Alan Bittles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

AS ROYAL families and pedigree dog-owners can find to their cost, too much inbreeding may result in individuals who are damaged from birth. The congenital costs of consanguinity have long been ...

An estimated 0.2 percent of marriages in the United States are between individuals who are second cousins or closer — that means there are about 250,000 people in America in those relationships. I ...