Variations in Types of First-Cousin Marriages over a Two-Generation Period among Arabs in Israel

Sharkia, Rajech; Mahajnah, Muhammad; Athamna, Muhammad; Ahmad, Shahzad; Zalan, Abdelnaser

doi:10.4236/aa.2015.54016

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“…Table IVS summarizes the descriptive data from 48 samples described in the literature, excluding those from Brazil: Orel 24 ; Deraemaeker 25 ; Freire-Maia and Freire-Maia 2 ; Villanueva et al . 26 ; Haldane and Moshinsky 27 ; Shields and Slater 28 ; Nixon and Slater 29 ; Ludwig 30 , 31 ; Zerbin-Rüdin 32 ; Sanghvi et al 33 ; Goldschmidt et al 34 ; Zlotogora and Shalev 35 ; Barrai et al 36 ; Sharkia et al 37 ; Hamamy et al 38 ; Kang and Cho 39 ; Oedegard and Herlofsen 40 ; Shami 41 ; Calderón et al 42 ; Slatis, et al 43 ; Morton 8 ; Schull 44 ; Hook and Schull 45 ; Fujiki et al 46 ; Komai and Tanaka 47 ; Yanase et al 48 ; Böök 49 ; Deraemaeker, 1961 (Personal communication to Freire-Maia and Freire-Maia 2 ).…”

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The structure of first-cousin marriages in Brazil

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Lemes

Farias

et al. 2020

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This paper deals with the frequency and structure of first-cousin marriages, by far the most important and frequent type of consanguineous mating in human populations. Based on the analysis of large amounts of data from the world literature and from large Brazilian samples recently collected, we suggest some explanations for the asymmetry of sexes among the parental sibs of first-cousin marriages. We suggest also a simple manner to correct the method that uses population surnames to assess the different Wright fixation indexes FIS, FST and FIT taking into account not only alternative methods of surname transmission, but also the asymmetries that are almost always observed in the distribution of sexes among the parental sibs of first-cousins.

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The structure of first-cousin marriages in Brazil

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Lemes

Farias

et al. 2020

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The prevailing trend of consanguinity in the Arab society of Israel: is it still a challenge?

Sharkia

Khatib²,

Ahmad³

et al. 2021

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The aim of this study was to determine the trend of consanguineous marriage among the Arab population in Israel. Socio-demographic data for the Arab population were extracted from national health surveys conducted in Israel in 2007 and 2017. The prevalence of consanguineous marriage among the Arab population in Israel increased significantly from 36.3% to 41.6% in the decade from 2007 to 2017. First-cousin and closer marriages constituted about 50% of total consanguineous marriages in the two periods surveyed. Consanguinity was found to be significantly related to religion and place of residence. Thus, the prevalence of consanguineous marriage remains high among the Arab population in Israel, similar to other Arab societies. These findings affect the health of future generations and impose a challenge for health care professionals.

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Consanguinité, Isonymie et Age Précoce au Mariage dans les deux Provinces de Tétouan et M’diq-fnideq (Maroc)

Hajjaji

Khadmaoui

Soulaymani

et al. 2018

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The purpose of this work is to contribute to the description of marital practices in Northern Morocco, to follow the evolution of these practices, and to determine the motives for marriages between relatives. Thus our results show a highly significant positive correlation between the age of the two spouses (r = 0.619, p <0.001), with the mean age of the mothers being 49.03 ± 6.56 years, while for the fathers it is 56,02 ± 6,16 years with a difference of 7 years between the two spouses in the current generation. For consanguineous marriages, we identified 51 relatives, namely a frequency of 25.4% for the generation of studied couples GCE, 13.3% for the generation of paternal grandparents GGPP, and 17.5% for the generation of maternal grandparents GGPM. The intergenerational comparison reveals a highly significant increase in the percentage of consanguinity, ranging from the generation of grandparents (15.4%) to that of the studied couples (25.4%), with a difference of 10% (p˂0.001). These results also show that there is a strong association between the prevalence of consanguineous marriages and the group of women under 19 years old (p = 0.002), whereas for husbands it is noted that There is no association between marital status and age at marriage. The coefficient of consanguinity estimated by isonymy is almost twice as large as the coefficient of inbreeding estimated by genealogy.

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Variations in Types of First-Cousin Marriages over a Two-Generation Period among Arabs in Israel

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

The structure of first-cousin marriages in Brazil

The structure of first-cousin marriages in Brazil

The prevailing trend of consanguinity in the Arab society of Israel: is it still a challenge?

Consanguinité, Isonymie et Age Précoce au Mariage dans les deux Provinces de Tétouan et M’diq-fnideq (Maroc)

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