Hello.I have and I wanted to ask about the marriage system here. In my religion cousins marriages are allowed. So can someone like me marry a first cousin who does NOT have thalassemia minor ? and what chances are there for the baby to be abnormal or thalassemic as well ?
Hello, I understand your concern. I am Chat Doctor, infectious diseases specialist, answering your query. In my opinion sibling marriage should be avoided as much you can avoid. It is observed that when you marry to siblings variety of inborn error occurs in the coming babies. Though your cousin do not have thalassemia it is likely that her gene contains the silent gene for thalassemia on her genomes. When you marry your cousin this silent gene may get activated and cause thalassemia in your child Chat Doctor. Avoiding such situation may prevent you for this type of results. I will be happy to answer your further concern, you can ask me on bit.ly/