Assertion: cousin's risk | /r/SimilarTo | doubling
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text: Supporters of marriage between cousins (or just people who care about truth) cried foul and cited findings from a panel published in the Journal of Genetic Counselling (based on studies of thousands of births over 35 years) showing risks of between 1.7% and 2.8% above the background risk for congenital or genetic abnormalities (which meant a doubling of what is still quite a small risk for having a condition such as cystic fibrosis or spina bifida).