From: Phil Payne 

Another of your specials, Judy.

Judy Folkenberg wrote:
>
> Phil Payne wrote:
>
> > > >Until they have progeny  that become a burden to the state social
> > > >services...
> >
> > > Nuthin' says luvin' like marryin' your cousin.
> >
> > I did.  Our mothers were sisters.
> >
> > She was also under 21 at the time.  We lost count of the number of state
> > borders we couldn't legally cross as man and wife alone in the same car.
> >
> > We decided to have genetic counselling (the National Health Service is
> > sometimes wonderful) and spent a day with a Mr Withers at the Middlesex
> > Hospital.  Only the most senior of doctors get to call themselves
"Mr" in
> > the UK.
> >
> > Anyway; perhaps surprisingly, the offspring of first cousins pose no
> > particular genetic risk.  We were both scanned for known gene-based
> > diseases (this was over thirty years ago, so these days they'd probably
> > find more) and given a green light.
> >
> > Thomas has a recently recorded IQ of 139, based on a standard consumer test
> > aimed at the 100 - 120 space.  I suspect if properly measured he'd rate
> > higher than that - I certainly have trouble keeping up with him sometimes.
> >
> > Jennifer's IQ has never been measured - but at the age of 21 she's managing
> > a clothes shop with 19 employees - so dumb she isn't.
> >
> > Careful with those prejudices, especially the unfounded ones.
> >
> > --
> >   Phil Payne
> >   http://www.isham-research.com
> >   +44 7785 302 803
> >   +49 173 6242039


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  Phil Payne
  http://www.isham-research.com
  +44 7785 302 803
  +49 173 6242039

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