Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1429-1439

  Darwin, George H ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

KINSHIP; MARRIAGE;

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INBREEDING; INFERTILITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTORY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSANGUINITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 75349107940     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp335     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Darwin GH. Marriages between first cousins in England and their effects. Fortnightly Review 1875;24:22-41. This article is a part of a paper read before the Statistical Society of London, on the 16th of March last. The Society has courteously permitted its publication in this Review simultaneously with its appearance in their Journal for this month. The reader will find in the Journal further details, and a discussion of some of the previous writings on the subject of consanguineous marriages.
2. Compare this with 1.25 deduced from Pall Mall Gazette.
3. The circulars were ready stamped for return, which would induce many to return them by saving trouble.
4. I may mention that Mr. Clement Wedgwood made very careful inquiries for me concerning 149 marriages of skilled artisans in the Potteries, and did not find a single case of first-cousin marriages, and only three where there was any kind of relationship between the husband and wife. He was further assured, that such marriages never take place amongst them.
5. "Studj sui Matrimonj Consanguinei." Milan 1868.
6. "Annales d'Hygiène Publique," tom xviii. Pp 5-82.
7. "Comptes Rendus." Tom. lvi. P. 135.