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How your genes could affect the quality of your marriage

  • Written by Richard Mattson, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies in Psychology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
How your genes could affect the quality of your marriageDoes a good marriage depend on having the right genes? Tiffany Bryant/Shutterstock.com

How important is it to consider a romantic partner’s genetic profile before getting married?

It is logical to think that genetic factors may underlie many traits already used by matching sites - like personality and empathy - which many assume could promote...

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