[blargthorwars]

The weird bit is that the UK is the inbreed/incest hot zone of Europe:

"It is estimated that approximately 55% of marriages within the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom are between first cousins. This practice, often referred to as consanguineous marriage, is culturally favored within certain communities, leading to higher rates of inbreeding coefficients, which can be comparable to those found in other regions with high rates of cousin marriage, such as in the Middle East."

The UK refuses to make it illegal. That would be racist. The worst crime ever.

[hirvi74]

I once read the dating life in Iceland can be kind of difficult. The total population is around 400k after being settled for almost 1150 years. Thus, it's quite common on first dates for both individuals to go through their family trees. Not to see if they are related, but to make sure they aren't too related.

It turns out that Icelandic people even have an app for it now.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kissing-cousins-icelandic-a...

[karakoram]

I am not sure about the stats in the UK particularly but the "consanguinity rate" per capita wise is a lot higher in the middle east.

"The consanguinity rate in the UAE has increased from 39% to 50.5% in one generation."

From what I have learned, it has a lot to do with "wealth preservation". Something important I guess if you are a millionaire sheikh and get regular allowances from the ruling royal family according to your family title/name.