Kissing Cousins, is it so Wrong?

Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre

Today, we’re talking about cousins. Kissing cousins specifically, and some of the genetic malformations it may or may NOT produce.

If you live in America, the thought of kissing cousins probably makes you cringe. But outside of the Western world and throughout a lot of time, that wasn’t always the case. Throughout many wealthy families and cultures, it was and is considered par for the course. How was this taboo born and when did it really get it’s wings? That’s what you're in for today on Impolite Society.

https://www.science.org/content/article/how-early-christian-church-gave-birth-today-s-weird-europeans

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/science/cousins-marriage-family-tree.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tap

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-cousins-getting-married-scientists-say-1210072.html

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/what-scientists-found-after-analyzing-cases-of-inbreeding-in-the-uk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/daily/graphics/cousins_042505.html?noredirect=on

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/go-ahead-kiss-your-cousin

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605922/

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/02/15/cousin-marriage-is-probably-fine-in-most-cases

https://www.nature.com/articles/hdy201325

https://www.the-sun.com/news/7232766/dupont-family-inbreeding-legacy-cousins-marriage/

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/prehistoric-humans-are-likely-to-have-formed-mating-networks-to-avoid-inbreeding

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