ANSWERS: 31
  • If they are not blood related, then how could they be your cousin?
  • if you are nt related by blood, then go for it
  • no..I don't think it is illegal or considered morally wrong to marry even a 3rd cousin who's blood related (not sure tho..I am not into cousins..lol)
  • Nope - in fact, in Oz it is perfectly legal to marry your second cousin (offspring of your cousin). I had a couple of very cute second cousins, one of whom I almost dated.
  • In most western countries, it is legal to marry as close as first cousin (though this may be culturally frowned upon, and blood tests would be advised). But a 2nd, 3rd or more distant, not a problem. And if they are not blood related (ie a cousin of a cousin), also not a problem.
  • if there is no blood relation its ok.
  • G'day ashleeee, Thank you for your question. No. In the US, you can marry your cousin in half the states. In fact, US President Franklin D Roosevelt married his distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt who were from different branches of the family. Chrles Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgewood. It is possible to have cousins who are not blood relatives. I had two stepmothers and consequently two sets of cousins who were not blood related to me at all. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Reference Roosevelt family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_family Wikipedia Charles Darwin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
  • I'm going through the same thing, I was told by many people that, If your Grandmother has a sister or broth er and they have children that becomes your 2nd cousin as she is your great aunt. Your 2nd cousin's child will be your 3rd cousin, Which is to be related by marriage, or a distant cousin. But then again i could be wrong.
  • Below or above the Mason-Dixon?
  • I think you can do anything want with anyone that you find attractive. And if it is a cousin more erkin the jerkin.
  • i am going through the same thing. i was told it doesnt matter our blood does not cross at all. i personally dont thbink it is wrong. love who u want who the hell cares whut everyone thinks or says. i dont and besides we have a beautiful 10 month old baby girl and not one thing is wrong with her. my whole family hates me for it but like i said who the hell cares whut they think or say one ear straight out the other and good luck to u
  • Right/Wrong is a point of a view.
  • you aren't blood related...so i don't see that much of a problem with it...but it's just a little on the weird side, of course that's more a point of view than an actual answer.
  • As a general rule, if you find yourself asking whether something is wrong... ...it probably IS. For some reason, though, I suspect this practice is more common than most people suspect. It's just something not openly discussed.
  • no, just stupid, look at Britney Spears
  • I don't think it is right, but my grandmother and grandfather were first cousins and everything was fine.
  • Let's not do that.
  • ... People... THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING ANYTHING. If you really like someone, who gives a crap what the situation is? Really? We all seriously need to understand that YOU SHOULD NOT BE SWAYED BY OTHER'S OPINIONS, unless it's advice from one with plenty of expirence under his/her belt. It really, really doesn't matter. Honestly, nothing is wrong in the world. The words I absolutely despise are "wrong" and "normal". I'm gonna get more soon, but those are the ones that piss me off the most. People care wayy too much about other's opinions, that they make bad decisions because of said opinions. If you really really like it, then go for it, okay? Jeez...
  • In some social communities it is not considered to be a good idea. In the US in general, it is accepted, but not common. Whether it is wrong depends entirely on the people involved and the family.
  • I had a hot first cousin... could have acted without genetic worries because I'm adopted. never tried.
  • The reason it is questionable to marry someone related to you is because of the health risks to your children and the moral issue of marrying a family member. If the cousin is very distantly related, then your children's gene pool should be safe from the ill effects of inbreeding, so on that point I'd say you should be fine. On the moral side of things, I think the relationship you had with the each other growing up is the deal breaker question. Did you know each other as children and if so, were you raised as family? Or did you meet at an older age and discover the family connection after the attraction was already there? If you were raised closely together, than it starts to feel incestial and that's where the creep out factor comes in to play. If you are just two adults who love each other, but some one in your past also happened to love someone in their past, than I don't think it's a big deal. In fact, people in the bible actually went out of their way to find a distant relative to marry. :)
  • There is nothing wrong with it but that doesn't mean people won't judge you. If you are first cousins it is illegal in some states i forget how many. Till a hundred or so years ago it was very common in many parts of Europe and is still prevalent in the middle east. I have two cousins who married each other, they have 3 beautiful healthy kids and are very open about the situation. I should mention that till they were 17 they lived on opposite ends of the world and so only knew each other from the phone and pictures other than 1 or 2 times that they met in person. Do what makes you happy.
  • Marriage to a distant cousin? I guess it would depend on how distant. No blood relation means you are related via someone else's marriage. Go for it, unless you feel weirded out by dating that person. Personally, I could never marry any of my cousins, but I did grow up with a few very attractive female cousins. Nothing ever happened, but I support the idea, "If you have a hot cousin, you should be able to bang her once."
  • uhm...guess it depends on what you think personally.
  • But what if you ARE blood related? Is it legal but just morally not ok to most people? Sorry i had 2 ask!
  • Not outside of Red-Neck-Ville
  • No. Not at all. Blood is all that matters in terms of incest.
  • But if they are related, i wanna no if its legal! Someone on another website sed that Henry The Somethingth changed the law so he cud marry his cousin. But i dno if its legal - mi dads brothers son - wud that b legal?
  • Hooo-ray for cousin lovin'. Yee-Haw!
  • So long as y'all aren't blood related you're fine.

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