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Though most would expect them to be considered the norm, in the UK less than 10% of marriages are interracial. For those who are in or have been in these relationships, navigating prejudices, cultural clashes and family pressures seems the norm. But just how far have perceptions come in the last fifty years? My aunt, Margaret married my dad’s twin, Mike several decades ago. He and the rest of our family are African-Asians who had fled a forthcoming independent Kenya in the 60s. Maggie, as she likes to be called, met my uncle in October of 1976, just months after she decided to move from Stockt…