Cousin marriages among Bradford’s Pakistani community and also between Ashkenazi Jews

A new report suggests that almost half of all marriages in the English city of Bradford are between cousins. This is, allegedly, and encouraging development, except that it is a trend common across many parts of the country and enormously costly to medical and social services. Alberg, Corinna; Kroese, Mark; Burton, Hillary (2014) Enhanced Genetic Services Project Evaluation Report, Cambridge: PHG Foundation. Emerson, Eric; Hatton, Chris; Robertson, Janet; Roberts, Hazel; Baines, Suzannah; Evison, Felicity; Glover, Gyles (2011) People with Learning Disabilities in England 2011, Bath: The Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory.