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    Consanguinity (from Latin consanguinitas 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common...
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  • {1}{2}}\right)^{4}} ; their consanguinity is one-eighth. For each additional removal of the cousin relationship, consanguinity is reduced by half, as the...
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    Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family is an 1871 book written by Lewis Henry Morgan (1818 - 1881) and published by the Smithsonian...
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    recessive traits resulting from incestuous sexual relationships and consanguinity. Animals avoid inbreeding only rarely. Inbreeding results in homozygosity...
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  • In law, a prohibited degree of kinship refers to a degree of consanguinity (blood relatedness), or sometimes affinity (relation by marriage or sexual...
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  • The coefficient of relationship is a measure of the degree of consanguinity (or biological relationship) between two individuals. The term coefficient...
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  • development. In a social perspective, the observed inclination to practice consanguinity has been due to advantages to social and financial status. Upholding...
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    initial request in 1149 for an annulment of the marriage on grounds of consanguinity was rejected by Pope Eugene III. In 1152, after fifteen years of marriage...
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    marriage is a form of consanguinity (marriages among couples who are related as second cousins or closer). While consanguinity is not unique to the Arab...
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    half-siblings are cross-siblings to each other.[dubious – discuss] Consanguinity is the measure of how closely people are related. Genetic relatedness...
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