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Anon meets a girl at a wedding (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah even first cousins are actually not that bad, biologically speaking, if it's only done for one (or probably even two?) generation.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 points 2 weeks ago

AFAIK the risk is about the same as having a kid after 40.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup, and AFAIK, it's legal in some areas to have kids with your first cousin.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably legal in more places than it's illegal

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It is, in fact, legal more places than not. Cousin marriage was extremely common for thousands of years. It only really started to drop off when people started owning cars and could meet people from further away. Most places still haven't changed their laws because the cultural change was so recent, and because it's low risk enough that it's not a serious concern if it's just once in a while rather than, say, medieval European royalty shenanigans.