Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
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Am I Normal?: Is it really that bad to marry my cousin?
25 minutes Posted Nov 29, 2021 at 5:00 am.
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Charles Darwin. Edgar Allen Poe. Albert Einstein. What do all of these men have in common? Yes, they’ve made major contributions to science and literature. Buuuut they also all married their first cousins. Mona looks at the genetic consequences of cousin marriage, and what taboos really tell us about the social norms and power.