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Pakistan: Cousin marriages create high risk of genetic disorders
A subject rediscovered every few years. [DW] Scientists say inbreeding is causing an unusually high number of genetic mutations to spread in Pakistain, leading to disabilities in children of consanguineous marriages. Still, this social custom persists.Their family tree is a braid. Ghafoor Hussain Shah is a 56-year-old teacher and father of eight children in Pakistain-administered Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... . According to tribal customs in Pakistain, Shah said he is expected to arrange the children's marriages within his extended family. Posted by: trailing wife 2022-02-08 |
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