Kinship In The Polygamous Culture

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When it comes to kinship in the polygamous culture it is believed that in order to preserve a certain bloodline you must marry within the same bloodline. This meaning you would marry cousins, brothers, sisters and other relatives. This creating an environment where everyone happens to be related to everyone by blood. The problem remains that this creates birth defects and even some deaths in children since the male and female having the same bloodline. Polygamist believes marrying kinship ensures as a bond in trusting, believing in the religion and preserving the bloodline for the future of the culture. The problem becomes when you continue to have children with birth defects and later marrying within the same bloodline you continue to increase

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