 The common myth is thalassemia carriers should not get married. The fact is a thalassemia carrier or patient can get married to any person. If two thalassemia carriers get married, there is only 25% chance that the child that they will bear will be thalassemia major, 50% chance that child will be a thalassemia minor like parents and 25% chance that he will be a normal child. Whenever two thalassemic minor get married, only at the time mother gets pregnant, 8-10 weeks of the pregnancy, they should get an antinatal diagnosis of thalassemia done for the fetus. Otherwise, there is no other contraindication for two thalassemic carriers to get married.