Gonneke,

I think that maybe you meant inbreeding?  Small community, few choices of a
spouse you're not directly related to.

Margie Forrest, RN, BSN, IBCLC
The Lactation Corner at Palms West Hospital
Loxahatchee, FL

<< In very orthodox reformed christian communities in The Netherlands there
are
 big families (not all mothers do like to have their family that big, but
 feel they have to want a big family for religious reasons!) and a relatively
 high rate of mentally disabled children. I wonder if this has to do with
 higher maternalk age or could it have to do with incest, too?

 Gonneke van Veldhuizen >>

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