To be honest though, there’s always going to be a risk of birth defects if you’re having more than 30 kids.
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EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 10 months agoI mean, probably not with a second cousin, unless you do it for hundreds of years. Greater risk of birth defects if you have children over 30.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 10 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
If you have them like 5 at a time, you’ll probably get a pretty good crop before age sets in.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Having children after 40 greatly increases chances of birth defects, I can only imagine what happens after hundreds of years.
EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 10 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Hmm, we’ll need to ask an elf…
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And at this point, with all of the toxins from food processing/preservatives and the plastics getting into our bodies, the added risk is probably negligible.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
“Got a rubber?”
“Nope, but I’ve got plenty of microplastics”
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Microplastic is stored in the balls
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 months ago
It’s my theory this is what will be what wipes out humanity, not climate change.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Yeah even first cousins are actually not that bad, biologically speaking, if it’s only done for one (or probably even two?) generation.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yup, and AFAIK, it’s legal in some areas to have kids with your first cousin.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Probably legal in more places than it’s illegal
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is, in fact, legal more places than not. Cousin marriage was extremely common for thousands of years. It only really started to drop off when people started owning cars and could meet people from further away. Most places still haven’t changed their laws, and it’s low risk enough that it’s not a serious concern if it’s just once in a while rather than, say, medieval European royalty shenanigans.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 months ago
AFAIK the risk is about the same as having a kid after 40.