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Ancestry/Genealogy

The Genealogist

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4. They dont marry first cousins

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 08:35 AM

Jan 2020

They usually marry someone who is, on paper, a more distant cousin than that. However, an Amish couple's four parents are probably all 4 going to be related to each other, and their 8 eight total grandparents as well.

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As I understand it defacto7 Jan 2020 #2

They dont marry first cousins The Genealogist Jan 2020 #4

Yes, and that increases the probability of such genetic difficulties. defacto7 Jan 2020 #5

This is not a criticism of the Amish : their communities are small and the marriage pool is small. Cousin Dupree Jan 2020 #3