Frequence de l'endogamie et ses facteurs au XIXe siecle

Sutter, Jean

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“…Initially, the studies were aimed at the demography of consanguineous marriages from Church dispensations, and local inbreeding levels in time and space were studied by such investigators as Fleury (1933), Sutter andTabah (1948, 1955), Sutter and Goux (1962), Sutter (1968), Henry (1973), just to remember the names of a few pioneers who also developed the methods of data analysis.…”

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Surnames and dialects in France: Population structure and cultural evolution

Scapoli

Goebl

Sobota

et al. 2005

Journal of Theoretical Biology

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Surnames and dialects in France: Population structure and cultural evolution

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Goebl

Sobota

et al. 2005

Journal of Theoretical Biology

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“…Whereas the previous mechanisms centered on individuals' preferences, other authors have emphasized the opportunities on the marriage market as an explanation of kin marriage (Cavalli-Sforza et al, 2004;Sutter, 1968;Zei et al, 2005). First of all, it has been argued that high rates of kin marriage were the result of the isolated, peripheral location of some places, such as for instance mountain villages, or communities cut off from the main channels of transportation and infrastructure.…”

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“…In particular sibling exchange marriages are strongly dependent on the presence of sufficient numbers of siblings. When family size became smaller at the completion of the demographic transition, rates of kin marriage would have dwindled accordingly (Davidoff, 2006;Kuper, 2002;Sutter, 1968).…”

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“…This peak in the incidence of kin marriage was followed by a regular or abrupt decline to some point in the 1950s or 1960s when such marriages became almost non-existent. Strikingly, the growth and decline of kin marriage occurred almost simultaneously in highly different localities and regions across Catholic and Protestant Europe and America (Bittles and Egerbladh, 2005;Bittles and Smith, 1994;Bourgoin and Khang, 1978;Cavalli-Sforza et al, 2004;Deraemaeker, 1958;Gouesse, 1986;Hall, 1977;Ottenheimer, 1990;Pettener, 1985;Polman, 1951;Sabean, 1998;Saugstad, 1977;Smith, 2001;Sutter, 1968;Sutter and Lévy, 1959;Van Straaten, 1966Zei et al, 2005).…”

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“…Different explanations have been put forward, ranging from the demographic transition (Cavalli-Sforza et al, 2004;Sutter, 1968;Zei et al, 2005), processes of social class formation (Delille, 1985;Hall, 1977;Sabean, 1998;Segalen, 1991), and preservation of minority cultures (Ottenheimer, 1986(Ottenheimer, , 1990(Ottenheimer, , 1996. However, these explanations have not yet been put to a rigorous test.…”

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Relatives as spouses: Preferences and opportunities for kin marriage in a Western society

Bras

Poppel

Mandemakers

2009

American J Hum Biol

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This article investigates the determinants of kin marriage on the basis of a large-scale database covering a major rural part of The Netherlands during the period 1840-1922. We studied three types of kin marriage: first cousin marriage, deceased spouse's sibling marriage, and sibling set exchange marriage. Almost 2% of all marriages were between first cousins, 0.85% concerned the sibling of a former spouse, while 4.14% were sibling set exchange marriages. While the first two types generally declined across the study period, sibling set exchange marriage reached a high point of almost 5% between 1890 and 1900. We found evidence for three mechanisms explaining the choice for relatives as spouses, centering both on preferences and on opportunities for kin marriage. Among the higher and middle strata and among farmers, kin marriages were commonly practiced and played an important role in the process of social class formation in the late nineteenth century. An increased choice for cousin marriage as a means of enculturation was observed among orthodox Protestants in the Bible Belt area of The Netherlands. Finally, all studied types of kin marriage took place more often in the relatively isolated, inland provinces of The Netherlands. Sibling set exchange marriages were a consequence of the enlarged supply of same-generation kin as a result of the demographic transition.

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Inbreeding and demographic transition in the Orozco Valley (Basque Country, Spain)

Peña

Alfonso‐Sánchez

Calderón

2002

American J Hum Biol

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Inbreeding in the Orozco Valley (Basque Country, Spain) between the 18th and 20th centuries was investigated on the basis of ecclesiastical dispensations and surname lists. The variations over time are very similar to those observed elsewhere in Europe, with a major increase in the coefficient of inbreeding in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is due mainly to an increase in marriages between first cousins. A highly marked decrease in inbreeding is observed during the 20th century. The secular trends described by the coefficient calculated on the basis of dispensations and by that calculated on isonymy are very similar. The nonrandom component of isonymy reveals a selective search for a related spouse during the period of maximum inbreeding. These results are associated with the process of demographic transition which affected European populations as a whole in the 19th century, resulting in a greater availability of kin among potential mates and thus enabling inbreeding to increase to levels far higher than those observed for earlier centuries.

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Frequence de l'endogamie et ses facteurs au XIXe siecle

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Surnames and dialects in France: Population structure and cultural evolution

Surnames and dialects in France: Population structure and cultural evolution

Relatives as spouses: Preferences and opportunities for kin marriage in a Western society

Inbreeding and demographic transition in the Orozco Valley (Basque Country, Spain)

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