consanguinity
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Australian author Alan Bittles, who in 2012 wrote "Consanguinity in Context" based on his decades of research on intra-familial marriages, concluded in his book that it's probably fine.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022
“Even with all that effort the best you might hope for is ten or fifteen percent sympathetic link. Not very good, not very good at all. “This brings me to the second law, Consanguinity.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Second is the Principle of Consanguinity, which says, ‘a piece of a thing can represent the whole of a thing.’
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The reader is referred for particulars to Morgan’s Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Race.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Consanguinity and Affinity.—Marriage is prohibited between persons of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
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The Declaration of Independence
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"The Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson
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