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**9mm_fan** · 04-30-2012, 06:07 PM

In my humble opinion, this practice indirectly served to prevent any endogamous marriages. Endogamous societies tend to have a high percent of recessive genes switched on. These recessive genes were switched off because they had a pathogenic effect on the normal metabolism. Endogamous societies like the parsis, have people with a lot of genetic defects, illnesses, and health problems. Societies that tended to "protect" pollution of their gene pool paid a heavy price. in India, there are 12 gotras (correct me if it is not so) so effectively one in every 12 is a blood relative. Considering that the gotra even for the girl is patrilineal, I believe that it would not affect you drastically if you married one of the same gotra. But depends on the genetic distance between you and the girl. So the call is yours. In my humble opinion, if you are not related, you can go ahead. But as I said, it is my opinion. If someone can add to my explanation, please feel free to add to what I have said.

04-30-2012, 06:07 PM	#5
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 54 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	In my humble opinion, this practice indirectly served to prevent any endogamous marriages. Endogamous societies tend to have a high percent of recessive genes switched on. These recessive genes were switched off because they had a pathogenic effect on the normal metabolism. Endogamous societies like the parsis, have people with a lot of genetic defects, illnesses, and health problems. Societies that tended to "protect" pollution of their gene pool paid a heavy price. in India, there are 12 gotras (correct me if it is not so) so effectively one in every 12 is a blood relative. Considering that the gotra even for the girl is patrilineal, I believe that it would not affect you drastically if you married one of the same gotra. But depends on the genetic distance between you and the girl. So the call is yours. In my humble opinion, if you are not related, you can go ahead. But as I said, it is my opinion. If someone can add to my explanation, please feel free to add to what I have said.
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