TY - BOOK AU - Ottenheimer Martin TI - Forbidden relatives: the American myth of cousin marriage SN - 0252022394 (acid-free paper) AV - GN560.U6 PY - 1996/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Crosscousin marriage KW - United States KW - Europe KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and index; U.S. laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- The reasons for U.S. laws against first cousin marriage -- European laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- European views of cousin marriage -- The evolutionary factor -- Biogenetics and first cousin marriage -- Culture and cousin marriage ER -