Is it normal to be extremely attracted to your first cousin?

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    11 years ago | pl

    It's LEGAL in many states.

    As long as you're both over 18 follow your hearts and love each other to the fullest.

    http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/human-services/state-laws-regarding-marriages-between-first-cousi.aspx

    Here's the states it's legal in:

    Alabama
    Alaska
    California
    Colorado
    Connecticut
    District of Columbia
    Florida
    Georgia
    Hawaii
    Maryland
    Massachusetts
    New Jersey
    New Mexico
    New York
    North Carolina* (Double cousin prohibited)
    Rhode Island
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
    Vermont
    Virginia

    Arizona- if both are 65 or older, or one is unable to reproduce.
    Illinois- if both are 50 or older, or one is unable to reproduce.
    Indiana- if both are at least 65.
    Maine- if couple obtains a physician's certificate of genetic counseling.
    Utah- if both are 65 or older, or if both are 55 or older and one is unable to reproduce.
    Wisconsin- if the woman is 55 or older, or one is unable to reproduce.

    if you live elsewhere when you are of age move to where you can marry :)

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    • Its_Called_Love
      11 years ago | pl

      lol Cousins can marry and all that jazz in Canada. :P

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    • malkiot
      11 years ago | pl

      It's also legal in most other countries and even though unusual nowadays, isn't unheard of. In fact, 10% of marriages worldwide are first cousing marriages (wiki). So I'd say normal...

      you should go for a prenatal diagnosis if you're planning to have children though, as the risk of malformed children is (slightly) higher than as if you weren't related. ;)

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      • Its_Called_Love
        11 years ago | pl

        Yeah, a Genetic Counsellor, they look at your chances of having a health baby.

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      • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
        11 years ago | pl

        some countries go even farther than that and allow for (or at least don't prosecute) SIBLING sexual relations.

        France took it off the books over a hundred years ago (although they cannot marry).
        Holland still has it on the books but won't prosecute
        and Sweden went go for broke and gave siblings full rights to marry each other

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        • malkiot
          11 years ago | pl

          IMO that's alright. If people want to copulate with each other they should, they should however also take the neccessary precautions as not to give birth to disabled children. They should also consider the effects their relationship will have on the child etc. ;)

          It may be morally wrong, but morals are defined by society, they aren't absolute and they certainly aren't right, nothing is and they shouldn't restrict what someone is allowed to do. I'm glad the Swedes recognised that fact.

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