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"The rich have frequently chosen inbreeding as a means to keep estates intact and consolidate power"

-- Go Ahead, Kiss Your Cousin Heck, marry her if you want to By Richard Conniff; DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 8 (August 2003)

-- Cousin Marriage Conundrum The ancient practice discourages democratic nation-building by Steve Sailer; The American Conservative, Jan. 13, 2003, pp. 20-22

"Zhang said she wanted to educate her son, a 14-year-old grade 2 junior middle school student, correctly."

-- Mom shows body to teach sex; 2007-01-16; chinadaily.com.cn

"Fourteen percent of those surveyed said they had had sex with a member of their own family."

-- Most Indian men want virgin brides - poll; Reuters; 06 Nov 2006; alertnet.org

-- Anne Atkins Seduces Her Own Son Online So You Don’t Have to! Posted by The Zero Boss; parentsbehavingbadly.com and How to scar your kid for life by Nikki;December 10, 2006; musingsofagirl.co.uk, both available online 12-29-06, citing FOOLED BY CYBERMUM! BY ANNE ATKINS; Daily Mail

-- Daddy's Girl Millionaire Bruce McMahan loved his daughter so much, he married her. by Kelly Cramer September 27th, 2006; villagevoice.com

-- UCSB Study on Sibling Detection Mechanism Highlighted in 'Nature'; February 15, 2007; ia.ucsb.edu

-- Study finds out why it's gross to kiss your sister | Health | Reuters By Maggie Fox; Feb 14, 2007; reuters.com

-- Ewwwww! UCLA anthropologist studies evolution's disgusting side; 27-Mar-2007; Contact: Meg Sullivan msullivan@support.ucla.edu 310-825-1046 University of California - Los Angeles

-- Couple stand by forbidden love By Tristana Moore; 7 March 2007

"...the Stubings seem to be a textbook example of a phenomenon called genetic sexual attraction (GSA). It occurs between blood relatives who have been separated for most of their lives, and meet in adulthood; it has been known to happen in all sorts of permutations -- father/daughter, birth mother/son, siblings -- even, occasionally, same-sex relationships between people who would not otherwise identify themselves as homosexual."

"...more than 50% of people who sought post-adoption counselling "experienced strong sexual feelings in reunions."

"When relationships such as this do become sexual, they tend greatly to complicate knee-jerk assumptions about abuse and incest: "There is no force, coercion, usually no betrayal of trust," Greenberg told Kirsta. "And no victim. If sex occurs, it involves consenting adults."

-- Blood ties : Mail & Guardian Online by Aida Edemariam and Kate Connolly; 06 March 2007

-- Moms in court for aiding dad’s rape of daughters; 8 March 2007

-- Incest: an age-old taboo; 12 March 2007

"They met, fell in love and had four children. But their story has horrified Germany. They are brother and sister, separated at birth and reunited years later. And their story is astonishingly common."

-- Tainted love: Are we wrong to treat incest as a taboo? by Ruth Elkins; 04 March 2007

"Many of Germany's European neighbours, such as Belgium, Holland, and France, do not treat incest as a criminal offence."

-- Brother and sister fight for right to continue their incestuous affair By Tony Paterson; 26 February 2007

-- The youngest mother ever « ScienceRoll; December 9, 2006