Subject: When 'double cousins' have children how great are the genetic risks?
Date: Tue Feb 5 08:33:53 2002
Posted by Catharine
Grade level: 10-12
School: None
City: London State/Province: No state entered.
Country: UK
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1012916033.Ge
Message:
I understand that the off-spring of two cousins have 8x the risk of genetic
problems - how much is the risk increased for the off-spring of double
cousins? Double cousins being the result of siblings marrying siblings.
Re: When 'double cousins' have children how great are the genetic risks?
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