Marrying cousins

[system]

@Tarantinoh

Noticed that, people used to claim amefanywa dwanzi ili familia yake ipate Pesa.

Of course people will tend to believe in that which absolves them from blame. Sad.

[Giggz]

@Baba Toto

It is a well known fact that Indians and Arabs prefer to marry cousins to keep money in the family circle. That is their culture, it is fine because I have no plans to marry them.
Two incidents have made my question the wisdom in this.
One, I was in Kilifi doing this and that, when I met someone I know. He invited me to his family home for lunch and I accepted. He is Bajuni and they live in a compound with a few houses dotted around a large compound.
Normally in Muslim culture, I’m not supposed to meet females but when they heard there was a visitor from ‘Kule Nairobi’ women and children started peeking from corners at me.
What shocked me is that most of them looked, how do I say this politely, kama hawakuiva kabisaaaaa. In Kyuk we say they were remaining one boiling (matigitie itheruka rimwe). 97% were cross-eyed and they looked a bit confused.
I found out that his mum and dad are cousins and so are the grandparents. He himself is going to marry a cousin. God help the children they will get.
Two, my cousin met a girl in a club. Add alcohol, horniness, loneliness and dancehall music and the result is they ended up ferking. It seems the sex was good because he started meeting her every weekend and eventually she developed feelings for him and informed her sister about him. They were not dating, but they were dating, if you know what I mean.
A few weeks later, I go for a wedding without him and meet the girl with her people. I am informed that she is also my cousin. Intrigued, I follow the family tree and discover she is actually his second cousin.
At first I decide to lenga the story but when he admits he likes her alot, I have to shoot down his dreams before they produce a retarded baby.
Now they are debating whether to carry on secretly or call it quits.
Nimejitoa hapo kama Akombe.
Msiniwekelee !

Its true as you reproduce you increase chances of exploiting a recessive gene. I have also visited Indian and Arabs and they have a higher rate of “disabled” offspring. Research has proved its very retrogressive.
In animals its called inbreeding.

[Baba_Toto]

@Giggz

Its true as you reproduce you increase chances of exploiting a recessive gene. I have also visited Indian and Arabs and they have a higher rate of “disabled” offspring. Research has proved its very retrogressive.
In animals its called interbreeding.

Inbreeding…

[Baba_Toto]

@Shemeji_x

What I know(biologically) is that marrying your cousin brings about increased risk of developing autosomal recessive inherited disease. Ie the human has a total of 23 pairs of chromosomes that is 23 from your mum and 23 from your Dad, Sawasawa so the inherited diseases are diseases that occur due to mutation in one or a number of genes.
If your dad happens to have mutation in say chromosome 6(ie Sickle cell) and your mum doesn’t have the mutation. Then you are most likely to develop a mild disease ie a Sickle cell trait and most people don’t even realise they have it. On the other hand if both your parents have the mutation in chromosome 6 which they might have inherited say from a common ancestor. Then the offspring develops full blown/severe disease which start manifesting symptoms of Sickle cell disease as early as 6 months after birth.

However if you have the mutation in chromosome marrying outside your family “dilutes” the defective genes since marrying outside the family minimizes the chances of getting someone with a mutation on the same chromosome hence your offspring won’t develop the disease.

Note that I have used Sickle cell to illustrate since it’s fairly common in our setting. However there are over 20 inherited diseases that are much severe ie thalassemias of which some variants ie thalassemia major are incompatible with life leading to intrauterine death of the fetus. ([SIZE=2]madagitare ongeza zingine). [/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Bottom line is that it is not biologically advisable to marry your cousins but if you must then visit the hospital so that they can screen you for various inherited diseases and they can advise you accordingly based on their finding. [/SIZE]

You are only at the first level. Some have five or six generations of inbreeding.
No wonder they believe in witchcraft ati someone rogad their whole family.
Kumbe they are ferking themselves up (literally and all).

[mikel]

@Luther12

All around the coast, former NEP and various other places, once you interact a lot with them, that’s among the first things you’ll notice. Almost every family has at least one. But who is to dissuade them?

We once went to an island at the coast called Wasini, furthest point at Kenyan coast and were shocked with what we witnessed…weak, sickly looking Arabic men and women…kuuliza we were told the Island has about 4,000 people, all closely related…kila mtu hapo ni cousin.

[Giggz]

Just my guess it also increases loss of pigmentation, mtu anakaa whitish. I visited two families last Saturday one had a prevalence of being “cross-eyed” The other wanakaa pink-white. They practice lots of arranged marriages,even importing and exporting of brides.
Initially they thought its maintaining “pure royal” blood.

[Nostradumbass]

Today I have learnt something new,thanks dagîtarî.

Kuna beshte yangu mpokomo and he’s married to his niece,thats more fucked up than marrying a cousin.

[1776]

@Luther12

So, before they had a second child they decided to go for genetic counselling (advised in Hemophilia as well, among other disorders). Tests on the mother did not reveal any sickle cell trait. The lecturer says, and I quote: “The mistake that doctor did was to test the boy’s father.”!!.

my good man, could you expound on that please?

[system]

Lakini pia parents should introduce their kids to their cousins and other relatives mapema, it would reduce these chances of them dating. Si eti mtoto amezaliwa Nairobi na aishi maisha yake yote huko hata ocha hamwendi or even visit your own relatives or even family reunions hamwendi

[Ubongo]

@Deorro

Lakini pia parents should introduce their kids to their cousins and other relatives mapema, it would reduce these chances of them dating. Si eti mtoto amezaliwa Nairobi na aishi maisha yake yote huko hata ocha hamwendi or even visit your own relatives or even family reunions hamwendi

That’s true, wengi hawajuani

[system]

@1776

my good man, could you expound on that please?

Hehehe…the dad didn’t have the gene either. Conclusion?

[WuTang]

@Luther12

Hehehe…the dad didn’t have the gene either. Conclusion?

Ouch. :eek::eek::eek:

[Nostradumbass]

@Luther12

Hehehe…the dad didn’t have the gene either. Conclusion?

Holy shait:eek:

[system]

Oh yes!

[uwesmake]

@Luther12

sickle cell anemia/ trait is common in western part of Kenya

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[AMB_Sunday]

@Deorro

kwani ile topic ya Biology ya genetics waliilenga?

Ndio nashangaa

[system]

@Luther12

Hehehe…the dad didn’t have the gene either. Conclusion?

:D:D:D
Shait.

[ampex]

There’s a distant cuzo agemate huwa tunainteract vipoa tena sana since we were young. Wife material kabsa. I wish we were not related.

[kah_tony]

@uwesmake

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hiyo aneamia yako ndio unapata your brain lacks enough oxygen most times