Knocked Conscious: A conversation about first cousin/consanguineous marriages

Knocked Conscious

English - October 23, 2020 08:00 - 2 hours - 107 MB
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Chris and Mark discuss consanguineous marriages and the heightened risks of their children having rare genetic disorders, as well as other challenges. Below is the YouTube video we referenced, as well as links to some articles that led us to go down the rabbit hole on this topic.

Is it wrong to marry your cousin? (Genetic Disorder Documentary) | Only Human:

https://youtu.be/kyNP3s5mxI8

Articles:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4674136/The-British-Pakistani-women-marrying-COUSINS.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/children/11723308/First-cousin-marriages-in-Pakistani-communities-leading-to-appalling-disabilities-among-children.html

Intro Music: "Blue Scorpion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dive Horn: https://freesound.org/s/104882

Outro Music: "Neolith" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/