In a message dated 7/11/2003 9:43:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Interesting article in this month's Discover magazine about a family (can I
> think of their name at the moment???) that encouraged marrying cousins to
> keep the wealth where it started

Pam,

Sounds like the Habsburgs to me, although two of my paternal grandmother's
cousins did exactly that, and I think it had the desired result as far as
wealth was concerned.  At the moment, I don't remember whether they had children,
but I think they did, and that the money stuck to them, too.

Ralph (from the genetically diverse, cash-poor [that came out "sash-poor" the
first time] side).