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OK, so you and your husband are first cousins, is that correct?

One of the worries about first cousins having children is that both parents already share some of the same blood.

Here is a 2002 University of Washington story that says that actually, the offspring of first cousins actually have fewer genetic defects than many people believe. But that as a couple, the two of you should of course be screened for any genetic screening tests that are regularly offered to your genetic group.

Here's that study:

http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2002archive/04-02archive/k040302a.html

And here is a New York Times story about this:

http://fire.biol.wwu.edu/trent/trent/firstcousins.pdf

I hope that helps!