is Consanguinity common in mexico?

[deb9755]

Originally Posted by crossover

i'm not sure if this is in the right category or not, but if not, feel free to move this or lock this thread, admins.

i noticed that when i was doing my mom's family tree(my mom is a 1st generation mexican american), i noticed that marriage between cousins(epsecially between second cousins, but first cousins and third cousins too) was common with her ancestors (on her father's side of the family), and their siblings. not everyone in her family married their cosuins (my mom and dad aren't related nor are her parents)

also sometimes these cousins who got married were also related to each other in multiple ways. for example her paternal grandparents were second cousins through one side of the family, and third cousins through another. her paternal grandma's parents were first cousins, once removed. it gets all the more confusing from there. i'm not gonna list anymore examples right now, since there's just too many.

because of this observation, i'm wondering if this tradition is common in mexico or not.
if not, then that just makes her side of the family oddballs of the bunch.

My family was primarily from Nuevo León around Monterrey and were heavily endogamous connected to a Sephardic Jewish heritage. I traced my family back to 8 people burned at the stake in Mexico City in 1596. My dad was still non Christian though didn’t identify as Jewish.

[Wayfarerz]

I don't even know what "consaguinity" means, but I won't let that stop me from offering an opinion. I don't think "consaguinity" is common in Mexico because of modern antibiotics, although I understand there are isolated outbreaks from time to time.

BTW, you and the other posters in this thread have excellent vocabularies.