The Case for Banning Cousin Marriage. Do you want to raise your group's IQ? Ban cousin marriage. There's five points in a generation right there. At the lower end, it can be the difference between living independently versus always having to have supports (including informal). And as group/national IQ is likely more important to your quality of life than your individual score, you should get your tribal elders convinced of this post haste.
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Dunno if it's true, but I read years ago that one of the reasons Jews have been so successful is that they are one of the first groups to ban first-cousin marriage.
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