That was all very interesting Susan. I didn't know nuch of what you wrote. 'just a curiosity about the obvious. The groups are not large. How do they keep new bloodlines?.Historically, rather poorly, but now that they are wiser, better. But for all the things they let themselves open to genetically, they win environmentally: things pretty common in the english are unknown to the Amish: "hyperactivity" (seen as: kid needs more work than average, usually works slick as a whistle), autism, and social pathologies are so rarely seen they are so far uncountable. I can credit them and their ideas (and patience) with the fact that I was able to rear an autistic kid through the seventies and into the Marine Corps, where his ASFABs stood at 98. He is now an air traffic controller in the VA Air National Guard. Wouldn't have been their goal, but every uncle, aunt, cousin, Dunkard or Amish, is proud of him. I don't think it would have happened that way in an english world. So what they've given up in one arena they've made up in another. David (my son) wins.
Do people come from state to state or whatever to date and marry?Yes.
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