Marriages are made in heaven celebrate on earth.A chachera bhai and mammera bhai or bua’s son is like
your own brother,yes in this theory we have all heard these sentences time and again.First the
the two cousin started spending time together & going for movies and visiting park and restaurnts.
they started liking each other and their friendship developed into a realationship.Contrary to
popular belief,marriages between cousins were common all over the world in the past.
Even today The group of people who are married to their cousins. These people are note that 30 percent of
marriages around the world are between first cousins, that Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin married
their first cousins, and that first-cousin marriage, while prohibited in half the United States, is
legal in Canada and throughout Europe. in many communities in india the first preference is to look
with in the family for marrige.most of india particularly south india,has practised marriges with in the
community for ages.in many socity prefernce has been given to marriage between cousins (mother’s brother’s
child,father’sister’child).marrying one’s cousin always seems to facinate people.
According to the hindu marriage Act of 1955, the degrees of prohibited marriage relationships includes
first cousins,as well as marriages between an uncle and niece.The practice of marrying a cousin is
very old indeed and has cultural/religious connotations in better marry within the family the bride and
groom can adjust to thier new life,means with in the family they can be settled easily so that reducing
the likelihood of divorce .simple thing we do not have to spend a lot of money on the marriage.our wealth
does not go outside.
Many people belive that couples who are cousins pose a great risk to thier offspring.The main objection to
cousin marriages was that many children born to those couples had a higher rate of birth defects,if this
cannot be avoided, ensure that there is no family history of inherited diseases like sickle cell disease
asthma,eczema,so,the cuple undergoes blood test.if the blood test is positive,such marriage must be stopped.
but scientists now say the difference is negligible compared to kids born to those who are not related.
