For the family's son to marry his maternal uncle's daughter (maternal alliance.) But not paternal cousins. Because of genetic problems.
Actually, the Horoscope Matching is also a well-studied n established art by old seers. The 36 Gunas is in reality a total of Points alloted to 8 different Criteria. Together, they make up 36 points i.e. Criteria #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 = 36. The 8th Criteria (Nadi) is the most important & equivalent to Blood group.
Even then, the saying "36 Gunas should match" is just a myth. Because if all the 7 Criteria (28 Gunas) match, it's ok. But if the 8th Criteria i.e nadi (Blood group? matches, the alliance has to be rejected. It means our old seers were brilliant & thought beyond their times, ahead into the future.
Re: Re: It is an age-old culture in India.....
by Ajay Popat on Apr 22, 2012 08:41 PM
Dear Mr. Sharma, I appreciate correction but tone is not well suited to educated person like you. If you understand Nadi, then it is likely that you understand Karma. And when a person understand Karma, s/he should not use degrading word for others. Good Luck
Greetings to you all My dear friends we all from one molecule, so dint narrate any sub sects are religions We all facing the problems because of the Human made mistakes, Chemicals and spoiling of mother nature,
The topic has already mentioned the birth defect due to cousin marriage. Defect birth is a burden the family as well as the the nation. So it should be avoided.
It is thought that it takes eight generations for the original genes to change and and the disease that may have been with first generation parents to die out. That was one reason why Gotras were conceived. A simple and very effective method to tell that your related to each other at some point of life. That was one of the reason that people from same Gotras never married, for it was impossible track at what level of genes one is at. People who have no moral responsibility or do not believe in Gotra system or do not believe in That the disease could be carried forward have married and have had children from their own blood relations with male and female of same parents namely true blood brother and sister. there are plenty of examples just try goggling and you will see the real picture.
Re: Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?
by com on Apr 19, 2012 03:59 PM
as per gotra system you can marry your cousin or even uncle, but it is a known thing that it may cause problems. gotra system is loosely based, and it does not prevent inbreeding completely.
Re: Re: Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?
by Ajit Birdi on Apr 19, 2012 05:13 PM
That is because of the mind set of people, it water tight if followed properly. If one does not follow any rule then yes all rules are useless. Same applies to the law of country. just take a look and see how much law is followed in India if it was followed properly the all rules,laws and of course Gotras are water tight. It is just matter of following them.
Re: Re: Re: Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?
by Rajesh Vora on Apr 19, 2012 09:31 PM
gotra's are not water tight. It does not represent blood line. Pl refer scripts. Its only believed that same gotra are paternal blood related. You can call it Andha Viswaas.
Re: Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?
by Rajesh Vora on Apr 19, 2012 09:27 PM
sheetal madam, If u get in to history & also the ancient scripts of hindu religion all over india, u can find that Gotra's does not represent off springs from one person or group of people related to each other by blood. But it was a group or groups of people who followed a particular Guru such as Kashyapa, vushwamitra, bardwaja, etc.. Therefore gotra's doesnot define blood line. Yes it is true that cousins either paternal or maternal when married 50 to 70% produce physically or mentally chaleenged kids. Therefore it shall be avoided as in case of maternal relation in Hindu or paternal relation acceptance in Mousleem community. Its for avoiding all botheration once faces for life long for idiotic decision of elders, may be emotional or to prevent property to go out of hand.
Re: Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?
by krishna on Apr 19, 2012 11:09 PM
This is the exact reason why in not india people are opposing same gothra marriages and asking government to enact a law to curb same gothra love marriages.This english media people without knowing this facts simply blow u p thios matter
Re: Can marrying your cousin keep your kids healthy?
by sanjit prasad on Apr 20, 2012 01:51 AM
I wouldn't have been happier if Gotra system you were talking about is true and would have avoided lots of disease due to inter gotra marriage. But you see a woman Gotra changes after marriage as she takes on husbands Gotra .So Gotra ingenuity is questionable here.
nothing will happen. if you are continuiing for several generation then there will be problems. otherwise there is no issue as described here. i dont know y these fools telling these kind lies.
