Religious endogamy and consanguinity in marriage patterns in Beirut, Lebanon

Klat, Myriam; Khudr, Adèle

doi:10.1080/19485565.1986.9988631

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“…The same observation was also noted in other Arab communities as in Lebanon (Klat & Khudr, 1983) and in Kuwait (Al Awadi et al, 1985).…”

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confidence: 75%

“…This can be attributed to various economic and traditional factors as in Kuwait (Al Awadi et al, 1985) or religious factors as in Lebanon (Klat & Khudr, 1983) and to a certain degree the isolation of the society as seen in north Jordan (Cook & Hanslip, 1966, and the present study). No wonder that, in spoken Arabic, the words for spouse and father-in-law are frequently used interchangeably with cousin and uncle.…”

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confidence: 76%

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Consanguinity in north Jordan: prevalence and pattern

Al-Salem

Rawashdeh

1993

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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“…The same observation was also noted in other Arab communities as in Lebanon (Klat & Khudr, 1983) and in Kuwait (Al Awadi et al, 1985).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 75%

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confidence: 76%

Consanguinity in north Jordan: prevalence and pattern

Al-Salem

Rawashdeh

1993

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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“…Only the hus band's education and his parents' consan guinity status were found to be significant variables. In other studies [11,[32][33][34][35], people in the lower social strata were more likely to practise endogamy than those in the upper strata of society, an example being the Pakis tanis in Britain who are associated with poor health indicators [36], but practise endogamy even at higher rates than those in Pakistan. However, in another study [29] from Bir mingham, social class and demographic fea tures were not found to contribute to the inci dence of consanguinity.…”

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confidence: 99%

Consanguinity and Associated Socio-Demographic Factors in the United Arab Emirates

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The aim of this study was to explore the association between socio-demographic factors and consanguineous marriages in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This was a cross-sectional population-based study conducted in the cities of Al Ain and Dubai between October 1994 and March 1995. A multi-stage sampling design was used and a representative total sample of 2,200 UAE females aged 15 years and above were included in this study. Data on 2,033 (85.8%) UAE national families who consented to participate in the study were obtained. The rate of consanguineous marriages in the sample was found to be 50.5% with 95% estimated population confidence limits 49.2–51.8%. The socio-demographic factors considered were: husband’s age, wife’s age, husband’s and wife’s educational levels, husband’s occupation, wife’s occupation, housing conditions, husband’s parental kinship, wife’s parental kinship, and kinship between the spouses. Consanguinity is more common among women with educated husbands (secondary or university/high) than among women with less educated husbands. The results indicate that the frequency of consanguineous marriages significantly increases when the husband’s educational level is higher (p = 0.003). The distribution of relationship between spouses over the two generations of the study group and their parents is presented. The incidence of consanguineous marriages among the parents is 53% and 62% for the women and their husbands, respectively, and the overall incidence is 57%. The parallel patrilateral marriage is obviously the favoured practice when considering the parent’s kinship distributions. The results of step-wise multiple logistic regression analysis for the occurrence of consanguineous marriages show that the husband’s education and husband’s parents’ consanguinity status only are significantly associated variables.

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“…Several waves of immigration were observed in this area such as the Muslim expansion in the 7 th century, the Crusades between the 11 th and 13 th centuries and Ottoman Empire expansion in the 16 th century followed by the Armenian exode, French protectorate and the Palestinian exode in the 20 th century. All these historical events led to the diversity in terms of religious belongings to 18 different religious communities with an average rate of endogamy of 88% [21]. Endogamy is a widely common practice and has an effect on differentiation resulting from genetic stratification by genetic relatedness.…”

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Estimation of Allele and Haplotype Frequencies for 23 YSTR Markers in the Lebanese Population

Mansour¹

2017

FRCIJ

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Y-STR analysis may in certain cases complement the autosomal STR markers in forensic, investigations, kinship testing and human identification. Hence, it would be informative to assess the probability of occurrence of the Y-STR haplotype in the Lebanese population where. This study aimed at estimating the Lebanese Y-STR allele and haplotype frequencies in 502 non-related males using the Y-filer Kit (Applied Biosystems) which includes the nine minimal Y-STR haplotype: DYS19, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS389I/II, DYS385a/b plus 14 other Y-STR loci: DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS456, DYS456, DYS448, Y-GATA-H4, DYS576, DYS570, DYS549, DYS643, DYS533 and DYS481. All 23 Y-STR loci were highly polymorphic with the marker DYS385a/b being the most polymorphic. 489 different haplotypes were defined where 476 (94.8%) carried a unique haplotype and the most common haplotypes appeared twice. This database has a discrimination capacity of 97.4% and a haplotype diversity of 0.9999%. The obtained data serves as an essential prerequisite for using Y-chromosomal STR in routine forensic practice in the Lebanese population where the endogamy rate average is 88%.

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Religious endogamy and consanguinity in marriage patterns in Beirut, Lebanon

Cited by 36 publications

References 9 publications

Consanguinity in north Jordan: prevalence and pattern

Consanguinity in north Jordan: prevalence and pattern

Consanguinity and Associated Socio-Demographic Factors in the United Arab Emirates

Estimation of Allele and Haplotype Frequencies for 23 YSTR Markers in the Lebanese Population

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