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writes:Not wanting to beat around the bush, this is a question about incest taboo. Yes, I know there's a lot of simalar questions wandering about in this site, but I don't think I'll actually care if someone complains since I'm curious like everyone else. It's not the actual incest I'm curious about - I already have my thoughts on that - but how society acts towards the child that may be born from the relation. I heared there may be a risk of defects, but then again I have heard of healthy children actually being born. For one thing, I have great respect for those who are able to keep going through life regardless of such history of their parents. The following questions are mainly for those who are a child of an incest relation. 1) When and who first told you about the history of your parents, or did you find out by yourself? Did your relation towards your parents change?2) How did the rest of the family treat you ie aunties, uncles? 3) Assuming they somehow did find out, how did other people treat you ie people at school, or college, or the work place, ect? How did you deal with it? 4) How do YOU feel about the relation that, regardless how frowned upon it is, gave you life? Do you ever feel like an outcast in society, or do you not care what other people think and see yourself as a person like anyone else?5) If you have/had children of your own, would/did you ever tell them about the incest relation of between your parents?I won't judge you; I don't like preaching to those who I have no idea what are going through, and I would prefer to have sensible comments rather than rude, irrelevant ones. (Can't stand 'holier than thou' comments. No one's perfect, and what's done is done, so no vicious condemming). Personally, regardless of what the world thinks of you, I think God still loves you. He's probably more concened about you personally, not how you ended up on Earth. Me, I won't see the person any differently: he/she's still human beings with feelings. Nevertheless, I'm still curious to hear your thoughts on this, since it's a subject I hardly hear about. Happy typing and stay strong.
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reader, person12345  +, writes (19 August 2010):
 As someone who knows about genetics, I will simply address the defects part of this question. For a first generation child born to a close relative (like a parent or sibling, not to a cousin or aunt or something) the chance of defects is high, but high as in like less than 5%. For each generation of child who is "inbred" the chance of defects increases. As well, since often the mother is young if she is in an incestuous "relationship," children born to very young mothers, like under 16 or so, have a higher chance of defects. If you're talking about cousins (a common one) the chance of defects, while slightly raised, is so low it's not even really worth a consideration.
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