Originally posted by Leslie If you're talking first cousin, it might not be blood related. A woman is your first cousin, but she is your uncle's daughter through marriage. She is the offspring of your uncle's wife's marriage. A second marriage. She is your first cousin, but not blood related.So marrying cousins is not incest in that case. But very unusual. As far as dumbing down the gene line...would not apply in such a case. It wouldn't be incest, but would be marrying your first cousin. It would be legal. Nothing wrong with it at all.Try not to judge so quickly about complex matters. It probably happens up north too.Les
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