re: Found out I'm "related" to this girl I started seeing...***Update Page 12

smash and then tell her

The bloodline is not close enough to make any difference. Enjoy yourselves. Gives you something to talk about

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Are we related?

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Yes, but it's not a big deal. Even 1st cousins isn't as big a deal as it's made out to be.

Few Risks Seen To the Children Of 1st Cousins

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Contrary to widely held beliefs and longstanding taboos in America, first cousins can have children together without a great risk of birth defects or genetic disease, scientists are reporting today. They say there is no biological reason to discourage cousins from marrying.

First cousins are somewhat more likely than unrelated parents to have a child with a serious birth defect, mental retardation or genetic disease, but their increased risk is nowhere near as large as most people think, the scientists said.

In the general population, the risk that a child will be born with a serious problem like spina bifida or cystic fibrosis is 3 percent to 4 percent; to that background risk, first cousins must add another 1.7 to 2.8 percentage points, the report said.

Although the increase represents a near doubling of the risk, the result is still not considered large enough to discourage cousins from having children, said Dr. Arno Motulsky, a professor emeritus of medicine and genome sciences at the University of Washington, and the senior author of the report.

''In terms of general risks in life it's not very high,'' Dr. Motulsky said. Even at its worst, 7 percent, he said, ''93 percent of the time, nothing is going to happen.''

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4 fricking pages and no request of pics of this piece of arse in question?

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There's no great grandparent involved in the OP scenario.

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if something this trivial stops you, you didnt really like her in the first place

In 07 I dated a girl from 250 miles away. No family connection traceable. Found out 4 years later that her real grandfather and my grandmother were uncle and niece.

I took three seconds to laugh at it and moved on.

Given that any of the older families essentially have practiced line breeding, a second or third cousin removed doesn't matter.

I think that's second cousins once removed.

My bad. I agree, 2nd cousins once removed.

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This is such a Louisiana/Alabama thread

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Agreed. If this was Kentucky he'd be dating his male 2nd cousin once removed. Hillbilly don't care what they bang.