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[–]Haylstorm 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Imagine being the kid that needs genetic testing with your partner just in case you had the same sperm donor lol. That's an absolutely insane number of kids.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Literally, Iceland. Although they have an app so you can check that you’re not hitting on your sister at the bar.

[–]Haylstorm 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Seriously though, imagine meeting a wife in another country and she's your half sister. At least Iceland is aware of it haha.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I had a girl in my class a few years ago who suffered from the severe effects of consanguineous marriage. Severe learning difficulties and physical problems. Not at all a rare occurrence in people from rural Pakistan and Afghanistan where keeping property within the family, and therefore marrying within the family, has been going on for generations. A study within the Pakistani community in Bradford, England found that that community accounted for something like one in six of all birth defects in the country.

[–]Haylstorm 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Poor girl.

Genuinely crazy how high it is in that community, I know at one point they were considering offering genetic testing to that group to try and eliminate any issues beforehand but I'm not sure how far that got. Really hope they can go forwards with it and prevent a lot of pain.