Kazakh marries above 7 (seven) generations.

[mamluk]

salam,

there is custom in kazakh:
the kazakhs never marry under 7 seven generations, when the boy and girl marry , their tribal ancestors must be back to at least 7 generations, allowed to marry above 7 generations, so usually the boy-girl know each others at least 7 generations name, and the books written all their generations. also can look at.

and kazakh hold such history about 600 years till now, it is shame and sin if you ask somebody to marry within 7 generations. so Kazakhs evolved themselves till now 700 years.

and today the scientist says this is very good habit and custom, it has very good scientific reasons.

plz, comment if have any better explanation for this on the corner of scientific reasons. thanks

[aysenur]

Endogamy(marriage between relatives) increases the risk of genetic diseases. www.bionews.org.uk/page_147283.asp Here is some explanation on the issue.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Exogamy was apparently common among the steppe peoples. We have evidences of it, for example, both from Gokturk mythology (from one of their origin myths) and from Gokturk history (members of the Ashina tribe married from other tribes and peoples, such as the Ashide tribe or the Chinese).