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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Arielle Domb

The benefits & negatives of cousin marriage as NHS gives guidance

The Health Secretary Wes Streeting has asked for an apology after NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme published a report suggesting there were benefits to first-cousin marriage.

The guidance, which now appears to have been taken down from the website, said first-cousin marriage is linked to “stronger extended family support systems and economic advantages”.

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