GENETIC DISEASES AND PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION ABOUT COUSIN MARRIAGE IN DISTRICT RAJAN PUR

Abstract

Consanguineous marriage increases the genetic disorders among people. It affects the health of newly born baby. Cousin spouse gives birth many genetically and inherited diseases like sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, heart diseases, color blindness and mental diseases. Besides that cousin marriage increases the chance to be happening an abortion among the women. It is also identified that parental consanguinity provokes the bleeding among the women. The people who did the cousin marriage have the weak offspring. For the identification of aboveboard diseases; research was conducted in district Rajan Pur to know the people's perception about cousin marriage. The sample size of the study was 162 respondents. The quantitative research method was used for the research. Snowball sampling was used as sampling technique. Respondents were given the questioner to demonstrate their opinion about the cousin marriage and its risks. The majority of the respondents was involved in the cousin marriage and the childhood engagement with their first cousin. Their progeny were weak and affected by the genetic diseases of color blindness. Besides that abundance of the respondents considered the cousin marriage a religious preferable marriage. The consanguinity was lingering on generation to generation in those people. According to the people refusing from cousin marriage is perceived unethical in their society.