Links to related sites

Marriage systems

Historical

Genetic counsellors

Organizations

Special interest

If you are aware of any other sites which you think should be added to this page, please let me know.

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Marriage Systems

University of Manitoba: contains information about marriages systems and kinship, with some ethnographic examples.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/

Chart of consanguinity

http://john.rootsweb.com/Longstreet/consangu.html

Coefficients of inbreeding and consanguinity

http://biology.semo.edu/agathman/genetics/inbreeding.htm

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Historical

Rootsweb.com provides a newsgroup disussing the genealogy of people who lived in medieval times and includes some information on consanguinity

http://www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/consang.htm

Exerpt from the Catholic Encyclopedia describing consanguinity in Canon Law

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04264a.htm

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Information for Genetic Counsellors and Clinical Geneticists

National Society for Genetic Counsellors

http://www.nsgc.org

The Centre for Genetics Education has a fact sheet on consanguinity

http://www.genetics.com.au

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Organizations

Pavee Point Traveller's Centre contains information for Irish travellers, including cousin marriage

http://www.paveepoint.ie

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Special interest sites

These sites have primarily been designed to offer newsgroups and support networks for people in a cousin marriage in the United States

Kissin' Cousins Korner

http://www.janyce.com/genecous/book.html

Kissing Cousins: cousin marriage just for fun

http://chenowethsite.com/chenkiss.htm

Cousin couples.com

http://www.cousincouples.com

Cousin marriage resources

http://www.angelfire.com/on/cousins/