The Weasleys' Muggle Cousin (Was Re: CHAPDISC: HBP5, An Excess of Phlegm)

[mercurybluesmng]

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> > Geoff:
> > First cousins are permitted to marry in the UK.

La Gatta:
> In Hellenistic Greece, half-brothers and -sisters could marry 
> (anything to keep the cash in the family).

MercuryBlue:
And don't forget ancient Egypt, where the royal family married each 
other as a matter of course. Brothers married their sisters, who were 
also their cousins, and many different degrees of cousin at that. 
Serious inbreeding here. Lucky them that Egypt got smashed to bits by 
Rome, otherwise they'd've ended up like our dear friends the Gaunts.