Welcome to the Family Roots and Branches Genealogy Blogspot. This site is devoted genealogical hints, tricks, tips and news for family historians.
You will also find info on genealogy classes and meetings here in western North Carolina.
This blog is run by Larry and Gayle Van Horn and you can reach us via email at familyhistorian at frontier dot com. Copyright 2006-2023 by Family Roots and Branches, a division of Teak Publishing.
It’s conventional wisdom that procreation between first cousins is unhealthy. But what are the actual genetic risks?
Learn more in this article by James MacDonald at https://daily.jstor.org/the-genetics-of-cousin-marriage/
