In Pakistan, the rate of marriages between cousins reaches 65%, giving rise to a “Factory of malformations” just to uphold a tradition: “Bringing a child like this into the world is not culture, it is selfishness”

Marriage between cousins remains a common practice in various parts of the world, but the scientific data is forceful and devastating. 

In countries like Pakistan, the rate of consanguinity reaches a shocking 65%. What many defend as a “cultural or family tradition”, science defines as a genetic Russian roulette: the chances that children will be born with serious malformations, severe disabilities, and hereditary disorders multiply drastically over the generations.

“Bringing a child into the world to suffer from preventable diseases is not culture, it is selfishness… ❌🧬”, users comment.

Should culture be respected above a child’s health?