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原帖由 wannabe 於 2009-5-18 12:22 PM 發表
marriage between cousines of dad's side might remain taboo but it seems that marriage between cousins of mum's sides is kinda acceptable ... am i watching too much soap operas or what?
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Yeah, you are right
In chinese soap opera, there is sometimes 表哥表妹 but havn't heard of 堂兄堂妹
Theoretically, these two pairs have the same change of having defect babies
That happens, probably, because the world was dominated by men and they thought their descendant inherit the father side, not mother side. That's why 九代單傳 always refer to men but not women.
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本帖最後由 chefung 於 2009-5-18 12:28 PM 編輯 ]