I think first it has to be assessed as to why it is viewed as wrong.
The principle most ascribe to is: as long as it is between two consenting adults it's their business?
So then what is left is the risk of genetic problems?
Then we have contraception so that risk can be mitigated substantially.
I wonder how much of the opposition to it is an archaic cultural artefact. It 'feels' wrong to me but identifying why rationally is quite a challenge. |
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"My logical scientific head takes over, with the thought of any mutations that would throw up in any offspring  "
I'm with Compo, something will go wrong eventually.  |
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By *usie pTV/TS
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Out here in the country side years ago before cars were common place a lot of cousins getting together was quite usual but looking at some of the results its probably best done with precuations taken first. |
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"Cheaper wedding with less guests to cater for
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...but with fewer wedding gifts as a consequence. "
You’re right there.
OP I have changed my mind in light of new information. Sadly it’s a no you’d get less gifts |
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It isn't illegal, so there's no worry on that front.
Having a relationship with a cousin would depend entirely upon how well you knew them surely ?
A cousin you grew up with and fought with and laughed with and believe is family - I don't think anyone would begin to think of them as sexual.
A cousin you have never met and then do meet and this is your first meeting as adults - then why not ?
I'm not 100% sure but i'm sure enough to mention it that the genetic problems are all but myth - designed to prevent in-cest. I guess a blood test wouldn't hurt.
Are we only talking 1st cousins ? what about 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc who you have no idea of and blood has been diluted for the nth time ........
It's not as rare as you might imagine for cousins to marry |
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"Is it wrong. ..
Yes. Unless youre from the isle of wight. "
What a completely unfair and uneducated comment to make.
They’re too busy sacrificing goats in hopes of a good harvest to marry their cousins.
Honestly some people |
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"Is it wrong. ..
Yes. Unless youre from the isle of wight.
What a completely unfair and uneducated comment to make.
They’re too busy sacrificing goats in hopes of a good harvest to marry their cousins.
Honestly some people"
Terrible prejudice around - if I was from the IoW, I’d give them the six finger salute |
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"Is it wrong. ..
Yes. Unless youre from the isle of wight.
What a completely unfair and uneducated comment to make.
They’re too busy sacrificing goats in hopes of a good harvest to marry their cousins.
Honestly some people
Terrible prejudice around - if I was from the IoW, I’d give them the six finger salute "
Or just swim away really really quickly. Webbed feet can be very beneficial in some cases |
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"Is it wrong. ..
Yes. Unless youre from the isle of wight.
What a completely unfair and uneducated comment to make.
They’re too busy sacrificing goats in hopes of a good harvest to marry their cousins.
Honestly some people
Terrible prejudice around - if I was from the IoW, I’d give them the six finger salute
Or just swim away really really quickly. Webbed feet can be very beneficial in some cases "
They used tell an old joke about my home town - “what do you a man in x town who doesn’t marry his sister?”
“An only child”
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OP I have changed my mind in light of new information. Sadly it’s a no you’d get less gifts "
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Researching the possible genetic harm, I read that Charles Darwin married his first cousin and had seven children half of which were sterile......
Plus the Hapsburgs had been interbreeding for so long that they died out !
Don't try to tell me that FAB isn't educational. |
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"Researching the possible genetic harm, I read that Charles Darwin married his first cousin and had seven children half of which were sterile......
Plus the Hapsburgs had been interbreeding for so long that they died out !
Don't try to tell me that FAB isn't educational."
In-breeding led to the War of the Spanish Succession |
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By *aizyWoman
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"Researching the possible genetic harm, I read that Charles Darwin married his first cousin and had seven children half of which were sterile......
Plus the Hapsburgs had been interbreeding for so long that they died out !
Don't try to tell me that FAB isn't educational."
The chins on em before they died out tho!  |
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"Researching the possible genetic harm, I read that Charles Darwin married his first cousin and had seven children half of which were sterile......
Plus the Hapsburgs had been interbreeding for so long that they died out !
Don't try to tell me that FAB isn't educational.
The chins on em before they died out tho! "
The Windsor eyes have always been a thing - they bulge |
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I thought generic risk was pretty low but I thought I'd check just in case. When you type this into Google the first link is from Bradford.gov.uk (which in itself is interesting, who'd have thought?). They say it's between 3-7%. |
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"It isn't illegal, so there's no worry on that front.
Having a relationship with a cousin would depend entirely upon how well you knew them surely ?
A cousin you grew up with and fought with and laughed with and believe is family - I don't think anyone would begin to think of them as sexual.
A cousin you have never met and then do meet and this is your first meeting as adults - then why not ?
I'm not 100% sure but i'm sure enough to mention it that the genetic problems are all but myth - designed to prevent in-cest. I guess a blood test wouldn't hurt.
Are we only talking 1st cousins ? what about 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc who you have no idea of and blood has been diluted for the nth time ........
It's not as rare as you might imagine for cousins to marry"
Well if only sex...then ok |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
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I don't think it should be allowed. I know it happened in my family a couple of generations ago. The couple had a child but she was born with disabilities and didn't live very long.
This may not have been because of the close relationship but they didn't have anymore children. |
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Not here to judge. They are probably on the cusp of family proximity but not to closeness I would say is dangerous and hence why not illegal. If they make each other happy more power to them. Let them crack on and everyone else should mind there own business and concentrate on their lives.
Obviously some have raised potential risks in procreation. That is a risk assessment all parents who know of potential genealogy risks have to make before having children. I don't see why cousins should have any lessor rights to family than anyone else known to carry extra risk due to genealogy or know family medical history?
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