13-557: Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous Brahmin community mainly found in northern India . They are classified as one of the Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities. The majority of the interviewees assert that the designation of the caste originates from the city of Kannauj , emphasizing that this name signifies a geographical association. The etymology of this caste is solely preserved through genealogies, oral traditions, mythical narratives, and proverbial accounts. Some of
26-470: A community resists integration or completely merging with the surrounding population. Minorities can use it to stay ethnically homogeneous over a long time as distinct communities within societies that have other practices and beliefs. The isolationist practices of endogamy may lead to a group's extinction, as genetic diseases may develop that can affect an increasing percentage of the population. However, this disease effect would tend to be small unless there
39-522: A cousin marriage has accrued in a known ancestral tree of a person, in historical time, it is referred to as pedigree collapse . This may cause relations along multiple paths between a person's autosomal-DNA matches. It creates stronger DNA matches between the DNA matches than expected from the nearest path. Cousin marriage should not be confused with double cousins , which do not cause a pedigree collapse. Certain levels of sibling marriage and cousin marriage
52-456: A heterosexual context, a female partner in such a relationship may be referred as a sister-wife . A similar incestuous arrangement which is non-monogamous can be referred as sister-swapping or brother-swapping , although this should not be confused with berdel , which describes the situation in which families exchange brides or bridegrooms. Sibling marriage was historically practiced among royalty in ancient through Ptolemaic Egypt , in
65-403: A list of individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a sibling . This list does not include coupled siblings in fiction , although ones from mythology and religion are included. There are many terms used to describe a romantic bond between siblings, including formal nomenclature such as adelphogamy , specific hyponyms such twincest , or slang terms like sibcest . In
78-596: A partial exception being Sweden, where marriages between half-siblings are legally permitted. Innate sexual aversion between siblings forms due to close association in childhood, in what is known as the Westermarck effect . Children who grow up together do not normally develop sexual attraction, even if they are unrelated, and conversely, siblings who were separated at a young age may develop sexual attraction. Thus, many cases of sibling incest, including accidental incest , concern siblings who were separated at birth or at
91-510: Is a high degree of close inbreeding, or if the endogamous population becomes very small in size. The Urapmin , a small tribe in Papua New Guinea , practice strict endogamy. The Urapmin also have a system of kinship classes known as tanum miit . Since the classes are inherited cognatically , most Urapmin belong to all of the major classes, creating great fluidity and doing little to differentiate individuals. The small community on
104-572: Is prevented by law in some countries, and referred to as consanguinity . A long term pattern of endogamy in a region may increase the risk of repeated cousin marriage during a long period of time, referred to as inbreeding . It may cause additional noise in the DNA autosomal data, giving the impressions that DNA matches with roots in that region are more closely related than they are. Examples of ethnic and religious groups that have typically practiced endogamy include: Cousin marriage: Marriage systems: Sibling marriage This article gives
117-513: Is the cultural practice of mating within a specific social group , religious denomination , caste , or ethnic group , rejecting any from outside of the group or belief structure as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships. Its opposite, exogamy , describes the social norm of marriage outside of the group. Endogamy is common in many cultures and ethnic groups. Several religious and ethnic religious groups are traditionally more endogamous, although sometimes mating outside of
130-622: The South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha are, because of their geographical isolation, an almost endogamic society. There are instances of health problems attributed to endogamy on the island, including glaucoma and asthma as research by the University of Toronto has demonstrated. Endogamic marriage patterns may increase the frequency of various levels of cousin marriage in a population, and may cause high probability of children of first, second, third cousins, etcetera. If
143-535: The Kanyakubja Brahmins were priests, astronomers, astrologers, or teachers, while others chose the career of soldier. They formed the best fighting element in Awadh next only to Rajputs . In Uttar Pradesh , they are considered the highest class of Brahmins. This article about an Indian ethnicity or social group is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Endogamy Endogamy
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#1732780941872156-402: The group occurs with the added dimension of requiring marital religious conversion . This permits an exogamous marriage, as the convert, by accepting the partner's religion, becomes accepted within the endogamous group. Endogamy may result in a higher rate of recessive gene –linked genetic disorders . Endogamy can encourage sectarianism and serves as a form of self-segregation. For instance,
169-449: The pre-Columbian Inca Empire of Peru, in pre-colonial Hawaiʻi , sporadically throughout Eurasia, and in various other places. While cousin marriage is legal in most countries today (less often with regard to first cousins ), and avunculate marriage is legal in several, sexual relations between siblings are considered impermissibly incestuous almost universally. Sibling marriage is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide, with
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