@ixaos ...avoiding cousin marriage, and that is not until the 900s -- *at the earliest* (and it, no doubt, truly started later). that is...
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@hbdchick don't agree abt that. W/o solid data hard to say abt abundance of cousin marriage, pre-Christian or after -
@ixaos well, you'll have to talk to the historians about that. (~_^) (hard data would of course be better but this's all we've got for now.) -
@hbdchick yes I understand, but it seems you write abt that in more definite terms, but in fact it rather speculated, that's my complaint) -
@ixaos ...the intervening 1000 years or so? using western europe as a model (which might not be right), my guess is that it probably took... -
@hbdchick that's exactly what I think is not right here - using West Europe as a model and apply to Russia, which is very different -
@ixaos or is it some other diff that you're thinking of? (and could you, please, point me to some references. i am genuinely interested!) -
@hbdchick comparison with other Slavs could be more helpful if there's data on Eastern Europe about cousin inbreeding -
@ixaos there's no a lot of info on the history of mating patterns in eastern europe out there. *in english* anyway. =/ - 13 more replies
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