a total of 8641 married couples were investigated from 28 iranian populations for consanguineous marriages and coefficient of inbreeding. the results showed considerable differences in the rate and kind of consanguineous matings among the various urban, rural, tribal, and religious populations studied. the observed frequencies of the consanguineous matings in the populations of iran are higher ...

The term consanguineous is derived from two Latin words “con” meaning common, or of the same and “sanguineus” meaning blood. Thus, it refers to a relationship between two people who share a common ancestor or blood. Cousin marriage (seconddegree cousins or closer) is the marriage among people who have at least one grandparent. However clinical genetics, cousin marriage conventionally describes ...

observer is biassed by the frequency or rarity of such marriages amongst his immediate surroundings. My own opinion is that the evil has been often much exaggerated, but that there are nevertheless grounds for asserting that various maladies take an easy hold of the offspring of consanguineous marriages. My paper is far from giving anything like a satisfactory solution of the question; but it d...

There is the impression that congenital malformations are more prevalent in populations with a high intermarriage rate, including Saudi Arabia. Although some studies have been reported from other parts of the country 1-6 or neighboring countries, none has specifically addressed the population of the Al-Hasa area in the Eastern Province, where consanguineous marriages are very common, nor specif...