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Is it really that bad to marry my cousin?
Mona looks at the genetic consequences and taboos of cousin marriage
Charles Darwin. Edgar Allen Poe. Albert Einstein. What do all of these men have in common? Yes, they鈥檝e made major contributions to science and literature. Buuuut they also all married their first cousins.聽Mona looks at the genetic consequences of cousin marriage, and what taboos really tell us about the social norms and power.