"People have tests and wherever it's appropriate, people refrain from marrying in the close kin, but it will take time I think, " he said.

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Zafar Khan from the Luton Council of Faiths, who has been married to his first cousin for 36 years, said people were becoming more aware of medical science and the risks involved with marrying in the "close kin group".

BBC: Fifth of Luton's infant deaths linked to kin marriage