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MP opposes calls to ban first-cousin marriage in the UK saying it can 'help build family bonds' (www.standard.co.uk)
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He added: “The reason the practice is so common is that ordinary people see family inter-marriage overall as something that is very positive, something that helps build family bonds and helps put families on a more secure financial foothold.

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[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago

That has always been a thing. It was just not systematic, pairs are not always made of cousins in a family. Catholism have historically forbid mariage btw I-don't-remember-how-very-far of degree but you would get a dispense by any local cury with the reason "but I do want to marry him/her".

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