A 49-year-old male asked:
Why baby born blind ? why not marry to cousin ?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Hello. : Hello. The issue with with marrying a relative is that there may be some of the same recessive genes for unhealthy traits coming from both people. This would put the fetus at risk for expressing that gene.
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Dr. Richard Bensingeranswered
Ophthalmology 53 years experience
Many causes: Blindness in newborns can be from a variety of fetal insults including infections of various sorts. There are also a number of genetic reasons for blindness. These can be increased with the marriage of first cousins which is why this is discouraged.
3.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Nov 24, 2016
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