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re: Found out I'm "related" to this girl I started seeing...***Update Page 12
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:26 pm to Commandeaux
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:26 pm to Commandeaux
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"related"
The fact that you put this in quotes makes me lol
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Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:27 pm to Commandeaux
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Are we related?
Welp, if you fit on the same screen on Ancestry.com, my advice is to avoid it. Otherwise, it's going to make for some awkward conversations in the future.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:29 pm to LNCHBOX
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Congrats on the Bama fandom.
This thread was made solely for this joke alone.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:30 pm to kingbob
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My mom tried to set me up with a girl who was the same distance as your situation, and I said no because we grew up together and went to a lot of the same family events.
Realistically that makes a good wife does it not? I mean if she already enjoys and does the same family things, it solves a lot of potential issues lol.
If you are old enough to be divorced and you've never met the girl or her family, the idea that it would cause a family issue is pretty laughable to me. Especially when its 2nd cousin plus.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:32 pm to Commandeaux
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I met her in church. My cousin who told me not to see her is the one that fixed us up. She thought we would be hanging out as friends because we both had bad divorces and thought we would be able to relate. Well she found out that we went on another date and were talking a lot and then decided to tell me that we were related. Why fix us up if youre gonna tell us to stop seeing each other. weird.
Sounds like your other cousin got jealous, and she wants in on the family affair.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:37 pm to baldona
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Realistically that makes a good wife does it not? I mean if she already enjoys and does the same family things, it solves a lot of potential issues lol.
More like the same family bbqs, same backyard baseball games, same birthday parties, etc. Her older brother and my older brother were friends. Her 1st cousin lived next door and was essentially my little brother. it’s one thing if it’s a cousin you’ve never met. It’s another if it’s a cousin that you grew up with knowing as your cousin. It’s weird.
On the other hand, that same older brother discovered he was distantly related to his homecoming date while sitting in her living room with her grandmother waiting for her to come down. Since our families never really interacted at all, they kept dating for a while.
This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:40 pm to mdomingue
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Dude is considering a relationship with his cousin and, based on some phrasing, probably thinking about have sex with her and that is what pushed it into weirdness
That was bad phrasing on my part. It pushed it to the next level of weirdness.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:42 pm to Commandeaux
SEINFELD'S VAN! SEINFELD'S VAN!
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:48 pm to Commandeaux
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:49 pm to guedeaux
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Second cousins, once removed.
That's also the way we'd describe it in Virginia.
That's pretty darned close if there are any genetic problems in the past century or two.
You say she's a great person. Introduce her to your best eligible friend.
In my home town there was a well to do family and they were said to have married cousins . The comments were "the children are either brilliant or idiots and worse."
This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 1/29/18 at 12:53 pm to The Mick
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Just to clarify, you think people should be allowed to have relations with blood relatives?
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... I don't think any place outlaws second cousin marriage, and you're 1 step further. I don't think there is even a biblical restriction (if you're concerned about such matters).
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Unfortunately that's not how the judgement of those around us work in the world. Technically that shouldn't matter but we all know it does
I wanted to learn about this recently as I was shocked to learn a FORMER friend had an affair with their half sibling....which IS "incest" and a felony sex crime. I took time to find where society and the law has drawn the line over the past century for my own understanding of this disgusting matter.
This is the deal, unless consanguinity of at least 25% DNA is shared in the bloodline, there just isn't much reason for outside concern or judgment. No real "inbreeding" takes place. In reality it is virtually impossible to avoid at some point in normal populations that aren't "cities" ...regardless of where they are located. A second cousin, once removed is 1.56% DNA. So here's the kicker and why we'd be stupid to pass judgment on someone like the OP dating a distant blood cousin...why? ..because any random partner you select can share as much or more of the same DNA as your own fourth cousin...so what's the big deal?
In HIGH contrast, the Muslim population of over 1 billion, including the Middle east, Eqypt, U.S.A, and England, between 40% and 50% of marriages are with first or second cousins.... so put that in your ghutra and smoke it...
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:01 pm to Commandeaux
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I'm just looking for one serious answer.
Not your sister is a good place to start
As to dating and breeding, thoroughbred horses come from only 3 sires and only one of them was really prolific. In other words, their trees are mostly trunks with no branches yet it has not ended the breed.
The big taboo of inbreeding was to negate abnormalities from the offspring and long term species survival. From a legal standpoint this has been codified by states and usually limits inbreeding to exclude first or second cousins. If this person is a third cousin or greater you should have no legal impediments to a long term life together.
As for me, most of the women in my family are crazy which would negate the thought of me ever dating them. However, maybe your somewhat close female relatives are sane so who cares as long as both of you are cool with each other.
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I don't know what to do.
You need to post pics of her and her sisters and mom so we can tell you if this is a good idea.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:02 pm to Commandeaux
Five steps away. No big deal.
Btw, Congrats on the championships, both real and fake.
Btw, Congrats on the championships, both real and fake.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:26 pm to jlovel7
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That was bad phrasing on my part. It pushed it to the next level of weirdness.
Confusing degrees of weirdness in this thread.
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:30 pm to Commandeaux
Well the good news is you only have to worry about one family reunion every year
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:39 pm to Ace Midnight
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Now, "cousin" marriage being prohibited is a relatively new thing - for example, it was virtually unheard of for it to be restricted in the United States prior to the Civil War. Currently, first cousin marriages are allowed in approximately 20 U.S. jurisdictions (19 states and D.C.). I don't think any place outlaws second cousin marriage, and you're 1 step further. I don't think there is even a biblical restriction (if you're concerned about such matters).
In a place where marriage to a first cousin is illegal unless there is line on the marriage license form that asks if there is any relation how would the clerk of court even determine this, they don't require DNA test on every one getting married?
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:46 pm to Commandeaux
Closer the kin, better it goes in!
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:52 pm to Commandeaux
what's her take on the situation?
Posted on 1/29/18 at 1:56 pm to Commandeaux
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Found out I'm "related" to this girl I started seeing
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Zachary
Checks out
Posted on 1/29/18 at 2:01 pm to Commandeaux
2nd cousin, once removed.
Genetically, probably not a serious risk for having kids, but still, man, that's a little weird. I mean, knock the bottom out of her, but a serious relationship would be kind of weird.
ETA: Pics of said cousin?
Genetically, probably not a serious risk for having kids, but still, man, that's a little weird. I mean, knock the bottom out of her, but a serious relationship would be kind of weird.
ETA: Pics of said cousin?
This post was edited on 1/29/18 at 2:07 pm
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