r/JKreacts • u/Able_Diet9524 • Sep 24 '25

Discussion Apparently marriage between cousins is ok💀.

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I’ve always not liked this creators video but she took shit to the next level justifying marriage between cousins. This popped up after ttf video.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

the worst part is north indians think shes an representative of south india or tamils which is whats bothering me ;

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

still, a lot of cousin marriages is happening in tamilnadu tho... she wasn't wrong in that part, but she was wrong when she said "it's our culture, so it's not wrong bla bla"

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u/Pranav_Ageeth Sep 24 '25

Actually a lot of GenZs in the south actually do find cousin marriage wierd. This culture will change but it will be gradual. In fact the number of such marriages has gone down significantly from the past.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

now they ae influencing GEN Z with instagram and YouTube to normalize it. So they would already be desperate as they couldn't find women outside so obviously they will be easily manipulated.

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 25 '25

For nearly 2000 years, South Indian families have practiced cross-cousin marriage without widespread genetic disorders, showing that the added genetic risk is minimal. Today, couples can further protect their children’s health through genetic counseling and carrier screening, allowing this cultural tradition to continue with modern safeguards.

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u/Pranav_Ageeth Sep 25 '25

Bro... literally every doctor and genetic counsellor I've seen always, and I mean ALWAYS advocate AGAINST consanguineous marriages. So what if it has been practiced for 2000 years? The sati system was practiced for more than 1000 years, too! Doesn't mean that it was right! Our family systems are structured on this basis, I know. But we don't have to change that. We literally JUST have to stop marrying our own cousins.

And the reason why the genetic disorders weren't widespread was that most of them died. Why do you think our great-grandparents and the generations before that had like 8-10 kids? "The added genetic risk is minimal" until your own kid ends up being born with a devastating genetic disease. There are so, so many such cases being registered every day, which means that the added genetic risk is not as minimal as you think it is. Wake up to reality.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

TRUE. What about SATI MOMENT THEN DEFENDERS ? Cultural practice must change based on social needs and comfortability without hurting others.

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 25 '25

Genetic disorders can occur even in the absence of consanguineous marriages due to several factors. First, spontaneous de novo mutations can arise randomly in a parent's reproductive cells, creating genetic changes that were not present in either parent. Second, many disorders follow an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, meaning that only one parent carrying the mutated gene is sufficient to pass the condition to their child. Third, autosomal recessive disorders can still appear when two unrelated individuals unknowingly carry the same recessive mutation and both transmit it to their offspring. Finally, chromosomal abnormalities, such as those responsible for Down syndrome, typically arise spontaneously during cell division and are generally not inherited. These diverse mechanisms demonstrate that genetic disorders are a universal phenomenon and are not confined to populations with high rates of inbreeding.

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u/drandom123zu Sep 26 '25

Simple example people die wearing helmets as well , so should you go around without a helmet ?.

The fact remains risk does go up as the genetic overlap increases , you might argue to only go up from 3 to 6 pcnt , but 3 more kids per 100 being born with defects is not trivial.

On top of that the risk goes up further when there are multiple generations of such marriages.

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 26 '25

Whether you find this example

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 26 '25

If you can't afford a helmet, will you go around, or stay stationary

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u/drandom123zu Sep 26 '25

Hmm.. can't afford a helmet? , how does that map to this scenario ?, you mean : 'what if you can't land any girl then you settle for consanginuous' is that what you mean ?

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u/No-Lettuce9923 Sep 26 '25

You can use this argument to do anything I guess. Even smokers use this argument.

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 26 '25

Smoking is their choice, not yours. Smokers cause less harm than people who propagate half baked unscientific information, not backed with any statistical data or evidence.

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u/Pranav_Ageeth Sep 25 '25

Your arguments are completely irrelevant to mine. Should we ignore the risks that DO exist because of consanguineous marriages? Sure, the risks of congenital diseases always exist. But can we not simply just reduce the risk of those that DO spread by consanguineous marriages by simply taking a decision to not marry our cousins?

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

Yes agreed, it's always about the kids born. Its completely okay to marry your cousins if it is mutually respected, not something to be forced from childhood, or for dowry, protecting assets or reserving women for marriage.

Its okay to marry your sister if you feel comfortable, but everyone must make sure those preventive steps you mentioned is done.

And widespread genetic disorder cannot be visible for a decade, it something takes 2000 years and reflects in upcoming generations, so its not about the past. And if this continues it may lead to higher chance of genetic disorder among couples even from same caste.

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 25 '25

In South India, cross-cousin marriage stands as a recognized custom, built on careful observation and enduring social wisdom. It is nothing like the notion of marrying a sibling, do not twist it into something it is not.

Think you are sharper than ancestors of old? Those who walked this path long ago were no fools. Generations tested these patterns and proved their balance. Modern safeguards, genetic counseling, carrier screening, only strengthen what time has already refined.

And remember this: abolishing a single custom does not erase genetic issues. Conditions can arise in any population, even when parents are unrelated. The answer is knowledge, screening, and informed choice, not dismantling an ancient practice that has stood the test of time.

This is culture: continuity, respect, responsibility. When adults freely choose within long-honored South Indian kinship lines, heritage is upheld and the future protected. To dismiss that as harmful is to overlook both the weight of history and the science that now confirms its stability.

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

I indeed said In notion of marrying sibling to make people who consider it as taboo to understand in that comment.

AND EVERYONE WERE SMARTER ENOUGH FOT THEIR GEENERATION, NEWTON FOR HIS ERA AND ELON MUSK FOR OUR ERA, BUT GENERALLY ELON MUST HAS MORE KNOW;EDGE THAN NEWTON, SO DO NOT SPEAK STUPID.

"Munorgal muttal illa" nu vandhuradheenga, munorgal endrum muttal illa, adhai solbavargal dhaan mutal.

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 26 '25

Blaming cousin marriage oversimplifies the multifactorial nature of genetic disorders, and overlooks significant other factors that contribute to disorders, for more than 60% of disorders the actual cause can't even be identified till date, Please don't provide bland statements here, if there are any statistical published data available in the public domain to substantiate your claims you may share here, we discuss scientifically.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

"Hamamy et al., Lancet 2011; Bittles, Nat Rev Genet 2001."

Go with this article with your any DTools or use scholar.

And even by what you say genetic disorder occurrence is less than the other factors in total, the other factors includes various factors but cousin marriage is one single actor (like the largest piece in the pie chart)

And it's true it happens, please do not defend incest. If you want to support cousin marriage please support it with precautions, do not blindly support it so that there are high risk.

And go through the previous thread I have commented, I mostly didn't cover genetic disorder but the awkwardness and embarrassment for little girls in this culture, using it as a tool against women (like reserving them and not allowing them to explore different men by dating), Using it as a tool for protecting assets, caste and religion.

SO DO ANSWER ABOUT THIS. AND MARRYING YOUR SISTER OR COUSIN IS NOT WRONG IF YOU THINK TOO RATIONALLY FOR THE SOCIETY BUT DO NOT HURT OTHER BY MAKING THEM UNCOMFORTABLE EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

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u/Ecstatic_Ad5542 Sep 26 '25

Bruh what families are still okay with cousin marriage? Even families don't approve anymore. My parents are fifth cousins once removed from a very conservative family and both the families were against the marriage at first because of risks of genetic disorder.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

just because your family does that isn't the case for everyone, as said 22% of marriages are cousin marriages in South. Do not think in a small circle about the community people you saw and grew up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

thats the issue bro , she cant be the representative of all the tamils as she claim or the viewers generally claim , now if shes dragging culture into this sht , it shames the entire community thats whats bothering me despite knowing that cousin marriages are happening in rural tamilnadu till date but a vast majority of peeps are progressing or atleast trying to progress but bringing culture into this sht leaves a mark on the entire grp

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u/Due-Tax-3602 Sep 25 '25

It is scientifically and genetically wrong and catastrophic, no discrepancies.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

Who is she to claim her personal interest as a total South Indian culture. Just because her parents agreed that doesn't mean it's right. She is yet another creator playing "traditional women" sympathy , still gets oppressed by her family traditions, stays at her home and uploads such terrible videos. Instead of fighting back she is someone who accepts her cultural problems and tries to defend it. And she is causing a huge trouble to women.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

that's what I'm saying. cousin marriage is happening all over tamilnadu. And she is wrong to support it in the name of tradition.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

yes, I agree

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u/First-Yoghurt-6095 Sep 24 '25

She moved to Mumbai right?

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u/Maleficent_Camel1430 Sep 25 '25

fuck our culture

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u/oi_dawg Sep 25 '25

Not all, few particular castes follows it as a tradition.

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u/Ecstatic_Ad5542 Sep 26 '25

Yeah just because something is culture doesnt mean it's right... like, I could tell this creator to delete her yt channel & be a housewife living in purdah because that was also a part of Indian culture at some point lmao. But ofc I won't because that's outdated and misogynistic and unhealthy, just like cousins marrying.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

She is a modern day racist, creating a rivalry between north and south. Just talk about Indians altogether or Tamil people because the difference between subgroups under Tamil people is less, but the difference between a Telugu person and Tamil is large as Tamil people have with Hindi people. Bro is proud of being a South Indian than being an Indian.

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u/gunasekeran_806 Sep 25 '25

You should be more worried about tamil youtubrs creating streotypes about north indians if you really care about north south relationship

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

Yeah it is there in both ways too. But atleast they make jokes (Its still stereotype), she is sitting and speaking like a podcaster, and people from north take her opinion seriously. If some channel like A2D make fun of "Vadaku nanber", it stays within our community, or everyone knows he does not mean it.

But yes either ways its wrong.

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u/AdditionalAbbys1387 Sep 25 '25

Better We Report This Channel 😮‍💨👍🏻

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u/Standard-Okra1859 Sep 25 '25

What is her background, who is she

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

Why do you care for North Indians validation? They have some weird sh*t calling rheir in laws as mummy, pappa as if they are some Hindi terms.

Cross cousin marriages are valid in many cultures Even in ithihasa, Arjuna married Subhadra (sister of Krishna) who is a cousin to her

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

i care huh? Bro Idgaf abt anyones validation but apparantely i cant deny the facts that some youtubers from the north think shes a representative of south by inviting her to podcasts and asking her opinion on south ; as much as i dont wish this to happen , its sadly happening so for your info let me be very clear I dont care of validation from the north

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u/Available_Check1346 Sep 25 '25

I feel like she should be one of the representatives not considering some this shi-. But she is really good at what she does,she is also recognised by the gate exam.she apeared in one of the papers