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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Cousin marriage is marriage between people with a common grandparent or between people who share another relatively recent ancestor. Such marriages range from being considered ideal and actively encouraged, to being uncommon but still legal, to being seen as incestuous and legally prohibited. Such marriages are largely stigmatized in the Western world, but they remain relatively common in the Middle East, where they account for over half of all marriages in some nations. Worldwide, more than one in every ten marriages is between first and second cousins.One type of marriage which has been allowed in many cultures is cross-cousin marriage. This kind was common among aboriginal tribes in Australia, North America, South America, and Polynesia in the past. Various religions have ranged from prohibiting sixth cousins or closer from marrying to freely allowing first-cousin marriage. Cousin marriage is an important topic in anthropology and alliance theory.Children of first-cousin marriages have a doubled risk of genetic disorders (although scientists contend that this is relatively small at five percent, compared with a three percent risk for children whose parents are not genetically related to each other). Supporters of cousin marriage in the West may view legal bans as discrimination, while opponents may appeal to moral or other arguments.While many countries across the world continue to allow cousins to marry, the practice is banned in most U.S. states, southeastern Europe, China, Taiwan, the Koreas and the Philippines."@en }

• Cousin_marriage abstract "Cousin marriage is marriage between people with a common grandparent or between people who share another relatively recent ancestor. Such marriages range from being considered ideal and actively encouraged, to being uncommon but still legal, to being seen as incestuous and legally prohibited. Such marriages are largely stigmatized in the Western world, but they remain relatively common in the Middle East, where they account for over half of all marriages in some nations. Worldwide, more than one in every ten marriages is between first and second cousins.One type of marriage which has been allowed in many cultures is cross-cousin marriage. This kind was common among aboriginal tribes in Australia, North America, South America, and Polynesia in the past. Various religions have ranged from prohibiting sixth cousins or closer from marrying to freely allowing first-cousin marriage. Cousin marriage is an important topic in anthropology and alliance theory.Children of first-cousin marriages have a doubled risk of genetic disorders (although scientists contend that this is relatively small at five percent, compared with a three percent risk for children whose parents are not genetically related to each other). Supporters of cousin marriage in the West may view legal bans as discrimination, while opponents may appeal to moral or other arguments.While many countries across the world continue to allow cousins to marry, the practice is banned in most U.S. states, southeastern Europe, China, Taiwan, the Koreas and the Philippines.".
• Q31485 abstract "Cousin marriage is marriage between people with a common grandparent or between people who share another relatively recent ancestor. Such marriages range from being considered ideal and actively encouraged, to being uncommon but still legal, to being seen as incestuous and legally prohibited. Such marriages are largely stigmatized in the Western world, but they remain relatively common in the Middle East, where they account for over half of all marriages in some nations. Worldwide, more than one in every ten marriages is between first and second cousins.One type of marriage which has been allowed in many cultures is cross-cousin marriage. This kind was common among aboriginal tribes in Australia, North America, South America, and Polynesia in the past. Various religions have ranged from prohibiting sixth cousins or closer from marrying to freely allowing first-cousin marriage. Cousin marriage is an important topic in anthropology and alliance theory.Children of first-cousin marriages have a doubled risk of genetic disorders (although scientists contend that this is relatively small at five percent, compared with a three percent risk for children whose parents are not genetically related to each other). Supporters of cousin marriage in the West may view legal bans as discrimination, while opponents may appeal to moral or other arguments.While many countries across the world continue to allow cousins to marry, the practice is banned in most U.S. states, southeastern Europe, China, Taiwan, the Koreas and the Philippines.".