Marriage between first cousins has taken place more than once on my paternal line. One set of my great grandparents were first first cousins. In more recent generations in this same line, first cousin marriages have occurred with no apparent ill effects. I can cite one specific case where the two first cousins married and their son went on to get an advanced degree in finance. He subsequently married a non-cousin. His grandparents were both first cousins of mine. There's an old saying, when cousins marry, if the genes are good, you get geniuses, but if the genes are bad, you get idiots. John Vasconcelos
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 3:08 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > I suppose the logic in Hawaiian royalty was that they were superior to > begin with, so marriage to another such superior person couldn't help but > produce more superior offspring. > > But I have never once seen any example of royal marriages to siblings. I > think in Catholic countries, they would never get approval from the Pope. > Thank goodness for that, at least. > > It reminds me of the book I read last year about early Irish society where > they permitted first and second cousins to marry, but caught a lot of flak > from Rome because of it and it forced many changes about 1000 years ago in > the Catholic church in Ireland. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: first degree of consanguinity > From: Antonio Faria <antoniof1...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, April 05, 2014 10:40 am > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > The incest taboo among siblings has been exempt among royalty of various > cultures throughout history, one example being the royal Hawaiian families > in fact it was encouraged they believe such unions produces superiors > specimens. > > On Saturday, April 5, 2014 8:57:25 AM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: >> >> Of course. And that's why you don't ever see a 1st degree connection >> getting married. >> >> Frankly, it's surprising to me 1st and 2nd degree was ever allowed. Maybe >> it was a way to generate more money by the church, so they allowed it? I'm >> assuming they had to pay a bigger fee for dispensation, but it's possible >> even poor people could get it free. >> >> I'm changing the subject to reflect this discussion. Look for the >> previous comments under the subject "Help with baptism from Ponta Garca." >> >> Doug da Rocha Holmes >> Sacramento, California >> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >> 916-550-1618 >> www.dholmes.com >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with baptism from Ponta Garca >> From: Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> >> Date: Sat, April 05, 2014 8:49 am >> To: Azores Genealogy <azo...@googlegroups.com> >> >> I thought a brother marrying a sister was forbidden by law in most >> countries and considered incest? So what is incest in the Azores and >> Portugal? >> >> >> Cheri Mello >> >> -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
