School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Australia.
J Biosoc Sci. 2013 May;45(3):405-14. doi: 10.1017/S0021932012000491. Epub 2012 Aug 20.
Knowledge of inbreeding levels in historical times is necessary to estimate the health consequences of past inbreeding, and to contextualize the current public debate about cousin marriage in Britain. This research aims to calculate the level of cousin marriage using the intensive technique of multi-source parish reconstitution and to determine whether village organization, religion and occupational class influenced the level of consanguineous marriage. A wide variety of documentary sources were used to create extensive pedigrees of spouses in over 800 marriages in the 19th century in the rural villages of Stourton and Kilmington. The closed village of Stourton had higher levels of inbreeding than the open village of Kilmington. Catholics had lower rates of 1st cousin marriage but higher rates of 2nd cousin marriage than Protestants. Farmers had higher levels of 1st cousin marriage than labourers. The levels of consanguinity in south-western Wiltshire in the 19th century were related to the economic structure of the villages and the religion and social class of the spouses.
了解历史时期的近亲繁殖水平对于评估过去近亲繁殖的健康后果以及理解当前英国关于表亲婚姻的公众辩论是必要的。本研究旨在使用多源教区重建的密集技术来计算表亲婚姻的水平，并确定村庄组织、宗教和职业阶层是否影响了近亲婚姻的水平。研究使用了各种各样的文献资料，为 19 世纪在斯托顿和基尔明顿农村村庄的 800 多场婚姻中的配偶创建了广泛的系谱。与开放的基尔明顿村相比，封闭的斯托顿村的近亲繁殖水平更高。天主教徒的第一代表亲婚姻率较低，但第二代表亲婚姻率高于新教徒。农民的第一代表亲婚姻率高于工人。19 世纪威尔特郡西南部的血缘关系水平与村庄的经济结构以及配偶的宗教和社会阶层有关。
