First Cousins, Marriageable?

I create this debate thread because Some people claim that First cousins cannot marry because they share same grandparents. To myself, i think they are marriageable.
Since they only share about 25% to 12,5% of blood relation. What do you think about it?
Oh and this link may be a good help.

Go ahead and shoot me for this, but in most cultures (western prehaps) it's common practice not to have feelings of marrige/sex/love other than for family.So nothing to do with cousins I say.

so my auntie would also be my mother in law.....nope, thats definately too close.

First cousin is way too close.

I don't care, I'm not married to my first cousin, why should I care?

In other cultures it's common and legal for first-cousins to marry each other.If you're really concerned about the inbreeding, someone could always just adopt. Or construct a robot child. I like the latter...

This is somewhat of a sick thread...

Replying to #7

Regardless of what you think, that is NOT why I want to construct a robot child.

I don't think so...A first-cousin is WAY too close. :PPerhaps 15th cousin or so.

MessoMesso · #8Regardless of what you think, that is NOT why I want to construct a robot child.

You could always mount an Eee into a hamster ball.

Stay on topic, people.
Another reason why they can marry is, i think only Nuclear family that is has the most blood relation.

I don't think so. It's too close.

MessoMesso · #6In other cultures it's common and legal for first-cousins to marry each other.If you're really concerned about the inbreeding, someone could always just adopt. Or construct a robot child. I like the latter...

I was told by one of my mother's indonesian friends that it's ok to marry a cousin....except the rest of the family would down on it, thus defeating the damn purpose of getting THAT close to blood!

When my child is old enough, I'll reproduce with him. I don't care what anyone thinks, I just want pure blooded offspring. Not some muggle piece of shit.

Replying to #14

God, that made me laugh.
Please people, don't marry blood relatives; that's how American republicans are spawned.

Incest? hmmm, for me, no.maybe a 2nd cousin degree is ok, but 1st counsin degree is like, having your spouse from your brother or sister...

I personally find it weird, but to each their own I guess.

This is a bad idea genetically.Since DNA randomly mixes during reproduction, a recessive defect is way more likely to show in family than in random people. Actually, this is one of the main reasons there are so many stories about sick and defective royalty in ancient times, such as Eqypt. Defects are magnified rather than dimmed. It's like comparing a muffler to an amplifier. Other than that, I have moral problems with it but it's not my choice to affect your lives.

Replying to #18

Yup, inbreeding creates freaks.

Willrandship · #18This is a bad idea genetically.Since DNA randomly mixes during reproduction, a recessive defect is way more likely to show in family than in random people. Actually, this is one of the main reasons there are so many stories about sick and defective royalty in ancient times, such as Eqypt. Defects are magnified rather than dimmed. It's like comparing a muffler to an amplifier. Other than that, I have moral problems with it but it's not my choice to affect your lives.

I believe first cousins marriage inbreeding only increase the grandparent's genetic disease's chance by 3%