artsylady Posted January 12, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 171 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,813 Content Per Day: 0.64 Reputation: 150 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/26/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted January 12, 2008 http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStorie...marriage_080111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari21 Posted January 12, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,846 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/05/1987 Share Posted January 12, 2008 The case raises the wider issue of the importance of strengthening the rights of children to know the identities of their biological parents, including kids who were born through in vitro fertilization, Alton has said. INDEED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckthesystem Posted January 12, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Share Posted January 12, 2008 http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStorie...marriage_080111 I don't know what the big deal is about this. Marriages and children conceived between siblings or close relatives is only a problem if it persists for generations, i.e. if a brother and sister's children grow up and marry their own brothers and sisters, then any "bad" genes in the family would be perpetuated, and this is pretty unlikely in this day and age where people don't spend generation after generation in the same town. Marriages between relatives must have occurred a lot in the past, unknowingly. Some years ago a girl I knew decided to trace her family tree as her husband had finished doing his. She found that the two families had been related by marriage in the past three times and then drifted away. She actually found to her surprise that her and her husband's great grandmothers had been sisters. And this had nothing to do with sperm donors or IVF treatment, just people not talking to each other so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari21 Posted January 12, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,846 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/05/1987 Share Posted January 12, 2008 http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStorie...marriage_080111 I don't know what the big deal is about this. Marriages and children conceived between siblings or close relatives is only a problem if it persists for generations, i.e. if a brother and sister's children grow up and marry their own brothers and sisters, then any "bad" genes in the family would be perpetuated, and this is pretty unlikely in this day and age where people don't spend generation after generation in the same town. Marriages between relatives must have occurred a lot in the past, unknowingly. Some years ago a girl I knew decided to trace her family tree as her husband had finished doing his. She found that the two families had been related by marriage in the past three times and then drifted away. She actually found to her surprise that her and her husband's great grandmothers had been sisters. And this had nothing to do with sperm donors or IVF treatment, just people not talking to each other so much. Well, as a Christian, from a Biblical perspective, God said don't do it. That's good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsylady Posted January 12, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 171 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,813 Content Per Day: 0.64 Reputation: 150 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/26/2003 Status: Offline Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Well, as a Christian, from a Biblical perspective, God said don't do it. That's good enough for me. Amen. Besides, it sounds pretty yucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peaches Posted January 12, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 95 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,315 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 14 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/25/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted January 12, 2008 and the kids borne out of this will most likely have deformities ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 They say that twins tend to think alike... Guess the idea of a blood test isn't such a bad idea after all. I had a cousin, who's mother was adopted, that would not take a blood test in case her future husband was a relative! I do believe strongly that kids should be told at young ages that they are adopted and about their biological parents. We are going through this right now in our family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marnie Posted January 14, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 811 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 7,338 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 76 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/06/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted January 14, 2008 How odd. It does raise not only moral and ethical questions, but theological ones as well. Makes me wonder if man should be tinkering around "down there" in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetycakes Posted January 14, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,829 Content Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 2,095 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/23/1964 Share Posted January 14, 2008 My sister.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinM Posted January 14, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,512 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 625 Days Won: 10 Joined: 04/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/07/1979 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I feel bad for the twins. They met and fell in love with each other and probably had "marital relations" before finding out they were twins. They are the true victims of this tinkering and it's just an awful situation for everyone involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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