Consanguinity

The draft Charter prohibits persons related within the second civil degree of consanguinity or affinity from running simultaneously for more than one national and one regional or local position.

Of the practicing regions, Middle Eastern and northern Africa territories show the greatest frequencies of consanguinity.

On investigation of the reported cases, they found that neither consanguinity nor syphilitic, alcoholic, or nervous antecedents in the family history are factors in the etiology of the disease.

Reputedly Eleanor then requested to stay with Raymond and brought up the matter of consanguinity – the fact that she and her husband, King Louis, were too closely related.

The level of education and age of marriage were found to be significantly correlated with consanguinity, with lower levels of education and younger age of marriage influencing higher bloodline marriage rates.

This in turn has given the Parsi community a rather peculiar standing: they are Indians in terms of national affiliation, language and history, but not typically Indian in terms of consanguinity or cultural, behavioural and religious practices.

When by choice, the rate of consanguinity is highly dependent on religion and culture.