Isn't breeding with first cousin considered as inbreeding?

@wildbill83 Pakistan has a high level of cousin marriages and they also have a great number of babies born with serious birth defects. Many of those families will continue to have one baby after another even knowing they’ll have more children with birth defects. I watched a video that a Pakistani woman made about it.

@Picklebobble2 Important to note that this figure is still misleading.
The chance of passing potential defects is only greater because if both parents carry a defect then it becomes likely that the child has a much greater chance to inherit that defect. Sickle cell is one such fairly common genetic defect that is proliferated by cousin marriage.
But what most people are asking about is the increased risk of genetic anomaly caused by incest.
Currently the average child is subject to a 3-4% chance of random birth defects.
This becomes 4-7% in a child of 1st cousin marriage.

@LittleTinks 😷

@Londonn I have no idea why y'all keep yhe royale family around. None of us do.

😜@MethDozerThats why the younger royals want out of that crapshoot.