How we're learning the true prevalence of incest | The Big Story

Recent movements, and brave survivors, have helped to shine light on some of the abuses that happen behind closed doors. But there's one that is still rarely spoken of: Incest. For years the numbers cited on how common incest was in families were simply assumptions, but the age of voluntary genealogy tracing has led to a reckoning.
It's far more common than we ever imagined, and those voluntary tests are leading to some people finding out, in an awful way, that they were the children of incest. When they do, there's almost no resources for them to lean on, nowhere for them to turn. Almost...
GUEST: Sarah Zhang, staff writer at The Atlantic
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In Pakistan, the rate of consanguinity, which refers to marriages between close relatives, is notably high. According to a study titled “Identifying Genes Responsible for Intellectual Disability in Consanguineous Families”, the rate of consanguinity is over 60%. It further added that 17% to 38% of the consanguineous marriages in Pakistan are between first cousins.
This high rate of inbreeding has led to an unusually high number of genetic mutations spreading in Pakistan, leading to disabilities in children of consanguineous marriages. Genetic disorders such as hydrocephalus, neural tube defects, and congenital heart defects are more common due to the rates of inbreeding in these countries.
This information has been collated from "trusted sources".

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Do those trusted sources tell us that a man can get pregnant?

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@@AndrewDhaliwal-iu1ws Yes. Heh heh. So take what you will from it.

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@@cable46 already did, 🦌💩 makes a great fertilizer.

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Can you catch syphilis from your first cousin?

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Keep it all in the bloodline. Royal families all over the world are guilty of this. Power hungry monsters.