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Article: Good Samaritans. (Century marks).(endogamy research Israel)(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- January 11, 2003
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GOOD SAMARITANS: Endogamy, or inbreeding, is typically thought to lead to genetic disaster. Not so, according to Steve Olson (Mapping Human History, Houghton Mifflin). For example, by the end of the 19th century the Samaritan population had dropped to about 150 people. They've grown again to a community of more than 600--in Israel and the West Bank--but they still strictly forbid mixed marriages. Most Samaritans many a first or second cousin. They do have some genetic problems, but no more than the general population (a few ...
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