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Thinking about the future -- would it be safe for third-cousins to have children together?

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Question - (28 February 2011) 2 Answers - (Newest, 1 March 2011)
A female Canada age 30-35, anonymous writes:

I'm 17 years old, and I have been with my boyfriend for 3 years, and we love each other very much. But recently we found out we are third cousins and we are both thinking about the future. Is it safe for us to have children together?

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A male reader, C. Grant Canada +, writes (1 March 2011):

C. Grant agony auntIf you are third cousins, that means that the blood tie comes from a great-great grandparent. That's so distant a relation that the chance of a bad genetic reinforcement is scarcely higher than for someone you're not related to.

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A female reader, chigirl Norway +, writes (1 March 2011):

chigirl agony auntAre third cousins the children of cousins? As in your parents and his parents are cousins? If so then yes, relatively safe. It's not illegal. The reason many countries prohibit marriage inside of close family is because of the risk for birth defects in children. But I've only heard of that law extending as far out as to cousins. Not further.

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