Rose2

Hi there, I am new to the forum. I came searching for information about Genetic testing. I am new to this whole topic. Please help. I am 24 years old. A guy proposed to marry me. The thing is, he is my second cousin. I heard/read about the discouragement for cousin marriages by some experts. I am kindda worried, and until this day, I did not accept or decline the guy's proposal. I don't know what to do. What I know is that I want to do the right thing which will benefit everyone (specifically speaking, the offspring). My parents are first cousins. I have 2 sisters who don't have the best mental health condition; without going into lots of details about my sisters' mental health condition...but just to say it in general, depression is there, anti social to the extreme, illusion/imagining stuff really upsets me. I believe this is due to my parents marrying - being first cousins (My dad's mother is my mum's father's sisters. In other words, My grandmother from my dad's side is the sister of my grandfather from my mother's side). I might be wrong though for the cause to their condition because my parents never went through genetic testing. Now with me and this guy proposing, I don't know how healthy will that be on the offspring since he is related to me: - his mum is my mum's first cousin. His mum is also my dad's first cousin. In other words, his grandmother from his mother's side is the sister of my grandfather from my mum's side and also the sister of my grandmother from my dad's side. I am worried! Are we too close? I see my two sister who don't have the best mental health, and just want to do the right thing for the benefit of the next generation. Will genetic testing be helpful in my case before deciding to marry? how helpfu? how accurate? I don't know what sort of testing is available, genetically out there, but is it possible to have test result that can give you an overview of having offsprings being mentally healthy???? What sort of genetic tests is available anyways? Please help!

Hi there, I am new to the forum. I came searching for information about Genetic testing. I am new to this whole topic. Please help. I am 24 years old. A guy proposed to marry me. The thing is, he is my second cousin. I heard/read about the discouragement for cousin marriages by some experts. I am kindda worried, and until this day, I did not accept or decline the guy's proposal. I don't know what to do. What I know is that I want to do the right thing which will benefit everyone (specifically speaking, the offspring). My parents are first cousins. I have 2 sisters who don't have the best mental health condition; without going into lots of details about my sisters' mental health condition...but just to say it in general, depression is there, anti social to the extreme, illusion/imagining stuff really upsets me. I believe this is due to my parents marrying - being first cousins (My dad's mother is my mum's father's sisters. In other words, My grandmother from my dad's side is the sister of my grandfather from my mother's side). I might be wrong though for the cause to their condition because my parents never went through genetic testing. Now with me and this guy proposing, I don't know how healthy will that be on the offspring since he is related to me: - his mum is my mum's first cousin. His mum is also my dad's first cousin. In other words, his grandmother from his mother's side is the sister of my grandfather from my mum's side and also the sister of my grandmother from my dad's side. I am worried! Are we too close? I see my two sister who don't have the best mental health, and just want to do the right thing for the benefit of the next generation. Will genetic testing be helpful in my case before deciding to marry? how helpfu? how accurate? I don't know what sort of testing is available, genetically out there, but is it possible to have test result that can give you an overview of having offsprings being mentally healthy???? What sort of genetic tests is available anyways? Please help!