Incest

[Tatsujin]

I don't care what happens in an anime. Inrl, having a blood-related relationship (brother x sister) is not a good thing. They might have feelings for each other so you can't argue that, but it is best to stay away from things like this. Cousins are not related to each other as sibilings so they are fine.

[tomoya-kun]

as long as they don't call you oniichan you probably safe...

Personally, I don't think that there is enough of a genetic issue to warrant banning. 

And I would love to be called Onii-chan. 

[sdedalus83]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it!  

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

[tomoya-kun]

Where is cousin marriage illegal again?  I don't believe it's illegal in Canada.   

[sdedalus83]

Where is cousin marriage illegal again?  I don't believe it's illegal in Canada.   

Most of the US and Korea.

It's become increasingly frowned upon in Europe due to its prevalence amongst Muslim immigrants.

[donald1]

"onii-san, sugoku kimochii♥ onii-san no ochinchin wa atsui~ motto, motto....ung~ IKU~~~!!!" sure does sound nice

[tomoya-kun]

"onii-san, sugoku kimochii♥ onii-san no ochinchin wa atsui~ motto, motto....ung~ IKU~~~!!!" sure does sound nice

That would be my dream. 

[sdedalus83]

Weirdos.

[TightMuffin]

You're probably the weird one.

[sdedalus83]

You're probably the weird one.

I resemble that remark.

[tomoya-kun]

I'm most definitely normal

[fohfoh]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it!  

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

Really? Cousin incest has been a huge debate in China for quite some time. Lots of different "tribes" disagree with each other. My grandmother is from a tribe where 1st cousins are taboo, 2nd cousins are iffy, and frowned upon (generally not accepted) and 3rd and beyond is ok.

How do I know this? My grandmother likes to educate me on all sorts of things. Pretty damn smart for a lady 80 years old and never ever went to school. (She technically knows Cantonese and like 3-4 other dialects of Hakka). I assume the Hakka tribe requires 2+ cousins, whereas other tribes I've heard 1st cousins are ok.

Legally in China though, I have no idea. Though I assume 1st cousins are ok to appease many tribes and to resolve the fact... there's too many guys vs girls.

[tomoya-kun]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it! 

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

Really? Cousin incest has been a huge debate in China for quite some time. Lots of different "tribes" disagree with each other. My grandmother is from a tribe where 1st cousins are taboo, 2nd cousins are iffy, and frowned upon (generally not accepted) and 3rd and beyond is ok.

How do I know this? My grandmother likes to educate me on all sorts of things. Pretty damn smart for a lady 80 years old and never ever went to school. (She technically knows Cantonese and like 3-4 other dialects of Hakka). I assume the Hakka tribe requires 2+ cousins, whereas other tribes I've heard 1st cousins are ok.

Legally in China though, I have no idea. Though I assume 1st cousins are ok to appease many tribes and to resolve the fact... there's too many guys vs girls.

Cantonese!  You are my brother! 

[fohfoh]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it!  

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

Really? Cousin incest has been a huge debate in China for quite some time. Lots of different "tribes" disagree with each other. My grandmother is from a tribe where 1st cousins are taboo, 2nd cousins are iffy, and frowned upon (generally not accepted) and 3rd and beyond is ok.

How do I know this? My grandmother likes to educate me on all sorts of things. Pretty damn smart for a lady 80 years old and never ever went to school. (She technically knows Cantonese and like 3-4 other dialects of Hakka). I assume the Hakka tribe requires 2+ cousins, whereas other tribes I've heard 1st cousins are ok.

Legally in China though, I have no idea. Though I assume 1st cousins are ok to appease many tribes and to resolve the fact... there's too many guys vs girls.

Cantonese!  You are my brother!  

Pfft. Only if the male side of your family is of the Hawklo (hawk people) descent. My grandmother is of the Hakka (guest people/family) descent.

Apparently my parents had to get past confucian incest. They had the same last name, but once the village of my mom's side was confirmed to be different, it was allowed.

[tomoya-kun]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it! 

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

Really? Cousin incest has been a huge debate in China for quite some time. Lots of different "tribes" disagree with each other. My grandmother is from a tribe where 1st cousins are taboo, 2nd cousins are iffy, and frowned upon (generally not accepted) and 3rd and beyond is ok.

How do I know this? My grandmother likes to educate me on all sorts of things. Pretty damn smart for a lady 80 years old and never ever went to school. (She technically knows Cantonese and like 3-4 other dialects of Hakka). I assume the Hakka tribe requires 2+ cousins, whereas other tribes I've heard 1st cousins are ok.

Legally in China though, I have no idea. Though I assume 1st cousins are ok to appease many tribes and to resolve the fact... there's too many guys vs girls.

Cantonese!  You are my brother! 

Pfft. Only if the male side of your family is of the Hawklo (hawk people) descent. My grandmother is of the Hakka (guest people/family) descent.

Apparently my parents had to get past confucian incest. They had the same last name, but once the village of my mom's side was confirmed to be different, it was allowed.

I'm of decent from somewhere in Guandong Province, and my grandparents lived in Hong Kong.  Probably not your tribe, but your brother in spirit! 

[xfreidax]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it!  

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

Really? Cousin incest has been a huge debate in China for quite some time. Lots of different "tribes" disagree with each other. My grandmother is from a tribe where 1st cousins are taboo, 2nd cousins are iffy, and frowned upon (generally not accepted) and 3rd and beyond is ok.

How do I know this? My grandmother likes to educate me on all sorts of things. Pretty damn smart for a lady 80 years old and never ever went to school. (She technically knows Cantonese and like 3-4 other dialects of Hakka). I assume the Hakka tribe requires 2+ cousins, whereas other tribes I've heard 1st cousins are ok.

Legally in China though, I have no idea. Though I assume 1st cousins are ok to appease many tribes and to resolve the fact... there's too many guys vs girls.

Might have something to do with the fact the Hakka are a relatively small group in China and pretty insular community in the past. So they developed strong taboo against cousin pairings. I'm Cantonese/Hainanese and as far as I know, first cousin pairings are ok but not exactly encouraged.

[fohfoh]

Well, skipping all the immature bullcrap the thread has derailed to...

Cousins don't particularly possess similar enough genetic material to be much of a concern. It's common practice in many cultures (and even desirable) for cousins to marry. [1] The further removed, obviously, the safer. First cousins are only about 2-3% more likely to pass on disease than a totally non-related couple, so you're pretty safe. If that's what floats your boat, go for it! 

Cousins-as-incest is a very recent development, spurred by the desire of nations to force integration upon immigrants and to make things more difficult for isolationist religious groups.

In a really close knit social group where marriage between cousins is common,congenital defects are far more likely than in a marriage between cousins in contemporary western society.  It's even less of a risk now than when it was common and legal.

Really? Cousin incest has been a huge debate in China for quite some time. Lots of different "tribes" disagree with each other. My grandmother is from a tribe where 1st cousins are taboo, 2nd cousins are iffy, and frowned upon (generally not accepted) and 3rd and beyond is ok.

How do I know this? My grandmother likes to educate me on all sorts of things. Pretty damn smart for a lady 80 years old and never ever went to school. (She technically knows Cantonese and like 3-4 other dialects of Hakka). I assume the Hakka tribe requires 2+ cousins, whereas other tribes I've heard 1st cousins are ok.

Legally in China though, I have no idea. Though I assume 1st cousins are ok to appease many tribes and to resolve the fact... there's too many guys vs girls.

Cantonese!  You are my brother! 

Pfft. Only if the male side of your family is of the Hawklo (hawk people) descent. My grandmother is of the Hakka (guest people/family) descent.

Apparently my parents had to get past confucian incest. They had the same last name, but once the village of my mom's side was confirmed to be different, it was allowed.

I'm of decent from somewhere in Guandong Province, and my grandparents lived in Hong Kong.  Probably not your tribe, but your brother in spirit! 

whoops. Spelled wrong and referred to wrong bird.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoklo_people

[Havoc10K]

in my country it's a little complicated, but if you can understand it it's really easy,

marriage is allowed between family member of the 4th branch of relation where the likelihood of blood relation is most likely 5% and not more, it's pretty distant relation to be honest, and correlation of blood and DNA is normal at this level as most humans share around 3-5% DNA information,
1st branch:
parents, gramps, siblings, in short, direct relatives.

2nd branch:

parents(1st) siblings and their children

3rd branch:
parents(1st) siblings partners(2nd) (wives/husbands) siblings and their children

4th branch:
parents(1st) siblings partners(2nd) siblings partners(3rd) siblings and their children

quite far as you can see, in a direct interest line of curse so it's assumed to be safe.
Never heard of any 3rd or lower branches marriage attempts, other than royalty of curse

[apriuschan]

Personally, I've nothing against it.So maybe I wouldn't be 100% 'comfortable' around a brother and sister who were flirting and whatnot, but it's honestly none of my business.

That said, it'd probably be best if they adopted.

The same goes with Homosexuals, it's not our business. If we're offended, we should simply turn the other cheek. There are plenty of things going wrong with the world. I'd be MUCH happier to see  (Not literally) Incestuous relationships among homosexuals, than seeing kids kill themselves because of bullies.

[tomoya-kun]

Personally, I've nothing against it.So maybe I wouldn't be 100% 'comfortable' around a brother and sister who were flirting and whatnot, but it's honestly none of my business.

That said, it'd probably be best if they adopted.

The same goes with Homosexuals, it's not our business. If we're offended, we should simply turn the other cheek. There are plenty of things going wrong with the world. I'd be MUCH happier to see  (Not literally) Incestuous relationships among homosexuals, than seeing kids kill themselves because of bullies.

Oh that gay one?  They talked about that in my school