Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Seven brides for seven cousins

A student told me 2011 will be a good year because he will get married in July.  When I asked if he had met the bride he said he remembers her from childhood (pre-pubescent boys and girls are allowed to mingle).  She is his first cousin.

He went to explain that 7 of his cousins will be marrying on that day... and they will all be marrying cousins.

Imagine, generation after generation of cousins within a family marrying each other.  I can't imagine the effect on the gene pool.

2 comments:

  1. Where was your header picture taken?

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  2. Remember the picture of the long road that I took between Blairstown and Marengo? This picture was taken a couple hundred yards from that one.

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