Can you get pregnant by your cousin?

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Yes you can get pregnant by your cousin, just like anyone else, but despite what others think and believe there is NO scientific evidence supporting the idea that the child will have birth defects. You and your cousin are about as genetically similar as you and your neighbor, besides everyone on the planet is a cousin in some way to everyone else. You and your family may have moral objections, but as long as you and your significant other love each other there should be some type of support, either outside your family or in a church or something. You may be surprised to find support in a local church. Some religions even support (or at least most don't outright reject) relationships between cousins (The bible's not against it, I've looked). So, in essence, if you do get pregnant with a cousin's child, your chances of having a defect in the baby are the same as everyone else's and just like everyone else you could find love in your cousin.

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Yes you can.But there is a great chance of a birth defect. You should not be having intercourse with your cousin no way. Your baby could have some kind of mutation when it is born. I suggest you do not have sex with your cousins!

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There is a greater chance of having a healthy baby than an unhealthy one especially if your other parents come from a long way away. But if you live in a small community and there is a possibility that your other parents are related in any way then the chances of a sick baby are raised as it is more likely that any dangerous recessive genes will be present in both of you and they may come togehter in your baby.

First answer by Mnd123. Last edit by Englishangel. Contributor trust: 1269 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 33 [recommend question]

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