« Reply #50 on: Tuesday 23 May 06 21:53 BST (UK) »
I have just found on my husband's line (not direct). Within a family there were (amongst others) 2 brothers and 1 sister. The sister had (amongst others) 2 daughters. Each of these daughters married a son of each of the mother's brother. Ie first cousins. The strange thing is that these marriages took place in the 1890s and one of the families had moved away from the area a couple of decades before!
On a more medical note. I used to work in the radiology department of the local hospital. We had a lady come in in late pregnancy, whose previous pregnancies had resulted in severely malformed infants that died soon or after birth. This pregnancy did the same. When it was looked into, it was found that her parents were cousins who had married and her husbands parents were also cousins that had married. What compounded the matter was that they were also brothers and sisters. ie 2 sisters married 2 brothers who were also cousins and then arranged a marriage for their offspring. Which resulted in them having a few disastrous pregnancies. Doesn't bear thinking about. This was in the late 1980-1990s
CJ
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