Posted on Feb 19, 2014
There are 6 states that allow cousins to marry? What are your thoughts on this?
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http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/state-laws-regarding-marriages-between-first-cousi.aspx<br><br><div class="pta-link-card"><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Logo.png"></div><div class="pta-link-card-content"><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/state-laws-regarding-marriages-between-first-cousi.aspx">State Laws Regarding Marriages Between First Cousins</a></div><div class="pta-link-card-description">State Laws Regarding Marriages Between First Cousins</div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="pta-box-hide"><i class="icon-remove"></i></div></div>
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On a simple CRM level, marrying a first cousin and having children with them has a negligible increase in the risk of genetic defects in said offspring as long as you are not part of an ethnic grouping that carries a specific genetic defect at high rates; such as Ashkenazi Jews.<br>That aside, unless the cousin in question lived with you close to 24/7 like a sibling, it is very much like marrying someone you grew up close to in a small town.<br><br>I am more concerned about the different traffic laws in different states making me a potential criminal on a road trip.
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Cousins make dozens. Closer kin, deeper in. Nothin says lovin like nookie from your cousin. I got a million of 'em.....
People always make fun of Alabama and joke about us screwing our cousins. Oddly enough, we are not one of the states where 1st cousin marriage is legal. lol
People always make fun of Alabama and joke about us screwing our cousins. Oddly enough, we are not one of the states where 1st cousin marriage is legal. lol
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What an interesting choice of topic! I don't know, I thought my cousin that was 6 months older than me was pretty hot! Of course that was after 6 weeks of basic training locked up without seeing a single woman, so my viewpoint may have been a little skewed at the time.
Now, not so much but then I'm no spring chicken either!
BAAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAA
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There should be no law regarding this. I read once that a good 1/4th of the people in the world are married to their cousin (1st 2nd 3rd).<div><br></div><div>Just because people think something is "Gross" does not mean it should be illegal</div>
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SFC A.M. Drake
Sir,
I have two cousins that are married in my family on my dads side, they were in their 50's at the time, all I can say is wow!
I have two cousins that are married in my family on my dads side, they were in their 50's at the time, all I can say is wow!
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