This paper reviews what is currently known about the presence of consanguinity and endogamy in the Netherlands, in the past and today, and concludes with a discussion of medical genetic aspects. First geographic characteristics, the demographic history, the genetic make-up of the native population, legal aspects and the public opinion are reviewed. Then data on the prevalence of consanguinity i...

Anthropologists have long been interested in the survival of Indian cultural traits in the New World. In this article, we present results of an ongoing project with a Costa Rican community that descends from East Indian indentured servants. We focus on the group’s marriage patterns and how these patterns might have helped keep the community as a cohesive ethnic group. We investigate the group’s...

The effects of consanguineous marriages in various isonymic groups have been investigated. The families like Qureshi, Malik, Jats and Sheikh show higher live-births, prenatal and postnatal loss, and percentage pregnancies in the first cousin and 'all related' parental relationships compared to other groups. Syed, Butt, and Mughals show higher percentage of prenatal and postnatal loss, livebirth...

Spontaneous abortion (SAb) is the most common complication of early pregnancy. Numerous risk factors are associated with an increased risk of pregnancy loss such as: Blighted ovum. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of balanced chromosomal translocations in couples with a history of recurrent spontaneous abortions and ultrasound diagnosed blighted ovum. Sixty Eight couples wit...

This study was conducted on 3212 Saudi families to investigate the prevalence of consanguineous marriages. The families were interviewed and the information on the relationship between the husband and wife was obtained. The overall rate of consanguinity shows that 57.7% of the families screened were consanguineous. The most frequent were first cousin marriages (28.4%) followed by distant relati...

spontaneous abortion (sab) is the most common complication of early pregnancy. numerous risk factors are associated with an increased risk of pregnancy loss such as: blighted ovum. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of balanced chromosomal translocations in couples with a history of recurrent spontaneous abortions and ultrasound diagnosed blighted ovum. sixty eight couples wit...

consanguineous marriage is a common custom in iran, and different statistical figures in this regard have been reported from various regions of the country. therefore, it seems necessary to examine the viewpoints of medical genetics, the quran and the infallibles about this issue. consanguineous marriage is one of the most important causes of congenital anomalies. the numerous advices and solut...