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In a message dated 98-01-30 19:19:25 EST, you write:
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> Since when do we become related to someone by virtue of drinking
> breastmilk? Does that mean we are all related to cows?
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There is an article in a back issue of "Mothering" magazine that talked about
this. My brain is soggy on the country and I don't know where the issue is at
the moment as I have many out on loan, but somewhere in the world, I almost
want to say Pakistan but I really do not think that is correct - a father had
called into a talk show concerned that he had ingested some of his wife's
breastmilk accidentally during love making. According to their (religious?)
law, a mom breastfed for 2 years and any other child who suckled at her breast
was considered a "milk sibling" (or something like that). Or maybe he was
considered a milk baby of the mom. Anyway, the father was concerned that he
was now a child of sorts to the mom and genuinely concerned that he was now in
an incestous, if you will, relationship with his wife.
My facts may be a little foggy but this is the gist as I remember it!
Barbara Moreda
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