Are cousin marriages considered incest?

[8ternity]

Is it socially acceptable in your country? And which country are you from?

[petal]

Any close family marriages are considered incest.

Not socially acceptable in many places in the USA.

[♥SNS-Shinomiya♥]

I think so, I have aunts and uncles who are first cousins, they married and had children

[Satoshi Toda]

it is socially accepted in my country

[*lesigh*]

Yes. We consider it disgusting, because well, it is...

[Electric Shocked]

My grandparents parents were cousins. It was normal and even preferable to marry your cousins back then. I'm from Sweden btw.

[katyoun_hana]

hmmm... depends how close your family is though first cousins are not accepted but i have cousins that marry cousins...though the relation is a bit far. 

[BingeulBingeul]

i think

only if they are between really distant cousins..Also,I think there's a rural custom where you can marry your niece (only applies between a person and his elder sister's kid )

sounds fucked up,but i guess it's considered normal

[�SHERRY�]

yeah its ok and acceptable and not considered as incest in my country in fact it is very common for cousin marriage in my family even my parents are cousins but their parents arent siblings but also cousins.

[Chiaka]

It is not normal in my country.

[k u r o u s a]

It is incest but it's common and is acceptable in my country, I guess.

[Vogue]

Yes it is considered incest and not socially acceptable in my country.

[munaka]

It's socially acceptable in my country but its getting less common.

[Unforgiven]

It is not socially acceptable here... but people do it anyway..

[Stepkdramafan226]

Since my country of Origin has so many different cultures, it depends on the culture you come from. Some can marry cousins but how close the cousins are to you, may vary. 

[TZUYODA]

Yes it's considered incest. Not common in my country but there is a stereotype about that associated with the South because they used to do that like a century or two ago when the population there was low.

[elle]

yes.

[wonwho]

it is not socially acceptable in my country, i don't know anybody who ever married a cousin

[a(mber)]

well yeah
but i do seem to remember ita buttrose saying cousin marriages are actually legal but i'm not sure how closely i should listen to someone with butt in their name

[i_apologize]

Maybe if really distant cousins are okay.

 

I mean in baby making, genes too similar will cancel each other off, so poor baby though :/

[Najaflow]

It's acceptable in my country but the risk of disease for the future offspring is high.

[Ddeona Oneul Bame]

Pretty sure it's considered incest~ 

[jello505]

No it's not

[Sully]

I live in the USA and I think in some states you can legally marry a cousin, but it has to be like 3rd cousin or more or something like that.

It's not really accepted in the country either way.

[sonal♥]

Its really common in India. and is also widely acceptable. Many of my friendd' parents were cousins. This might be weird but some were even uncle and niece before marriage ( their age difference was less though like 4 yrs gap or something).