A, Dahabnoor A, AbdelA.H, KhamisM, Ellaithi2017-03-092017-03-092017-02-011858-6228http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3192Consanguineous marriage is traditional in most communities of North Africa, Middle East and Western Asia, where intra-familial unions collectively account for 20–50+% of all marriages. Most populations that have practiced consanguineous marriage have done so for many generations