Carrier testing of adults provides information about the risk of passing a genetic mutation to your children, leading to reproductive (and some say, eugenic) decisions. Excessive carrier screening may have adverse effects, but it can also prevent suffering and open up new reproductive options. Raz's study focuses on the interplay of community genetics (the medical organisation of carrier screening) and genetic alliances (networks of individuals at risk), exploring how 'genetic communities' are emerging both within existing ethnic groups and around patients' organizations....

..".an engaging multi-disciplinary reflection on a common theme, namely, cross-cousin marriage. The collection offers perspectives - sociological, anthropological, historical, clinical and political - on the practice of cousin marriage and particularly as this distinctive marital strategy gains visibility." - Bob Simpson, Durham University

"This book deals with an important, rich and understudied topic: the impact of new genetic understandings of close marriage and its possible health risks on marriage practices and understandings of kinship in cross-cultural perspective. It offers...