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Originally Posted by robot_parade
Meh. Also, I seem to recall reading a few years ago that the problems with inbreeding tend to occur only after a few generations of inbreeding. So, such a couple could have kids without problems (except the 'ew' factor...). I'm too lazy to check the actual research, though, so I could be wrong about that.
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If they both carry the same autosomal recessive gene for a disease (for example, Cystic Fibrosis) their children will be much more likely to have the disease than if they mate with unrelated partners. Inbreeding can lead to serious complications in only one generation, although inbreeding depression will take several generations to become serious.
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And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.
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