(Apology: I'm having severe email trouble, so
can't reproduce Stephen Black's query about the statement I made in my original
email on this subject...I'm thrilled to be back online for what may be a short
time until my ISP hiccups again... I"ll do my best...)
I stated that I'm beginning to hear a fair number
of references to the idea that the consequences of familial incest may not be as
deleterious as earlier believed.
My original statement was:
>The biological penalties for incest, though
recently discovered to be less severe than originally thought, are still worthy
of consideration.<
Time to clarify: I should have said
the offspring of incestuous relationships may not have the biological
penalties we once thought.
One of the most recent sources I read is from my
favorite layperson's science magazine, Discover. It's
called:
Go Ahead, Kiss Your Cousin; Heck, marry her if you want
to
Great reading, which discusses the surprisingly
inbred Rothschilds, who were urged to marry within the family in order to keep
the family fortune "familial." They managed to avoid having children with
nine heads and all the other horrors predicted with inbreeding.
So now it's time for me to do some more academic
investigation of this matter. In the meantime, bet you'll find the article
enjoyable.
Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire
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