Ok for the guy to take the throne, he has to be of the royal blood line.. But so is Mia... wouldn't that technically make them cousins well like 3rd cousins twice removed or something.. but still related!! They're not from West Virginia!!
shareThere is a difference between going to a family reunion looking for a date and discovering that you and your spouse both share Thomas Jefferson as an ancestor.
Third cousins are nothing.
It is legal in 26 States to marry your first cousin; although, some States have provisions that you must be past childbearing ages.
The Catholic Church still allows first cousins to marry.
And considering the results of recent genographic projects, humans are one cousin chasing, cousin catching, cousin kissing, and cousin mating species.
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It only hurts your genetic makeup if you keep doing it generation after generation.
shareYup, a woman having a child after age 35 is more likely to increase risk of birth defects more than having a baby with their first cousin. It is only problematic if it is an ongoing costume through generations.
And for those offended by the West Virginia comment, the effects of ongoing inter-family marriages is most clearly seen in many European Royal families (Britain's requirement that rulers wed people with royal blood who were also Protestants caused quite a few problems).
Anyway, hang ups about cousins marrying are mostly social and not based on much scientific evidence.
I really resent the fact that you decided to say that because someone may perform incestuous actions that that makes them automatically from West Virginia. I happen to be from West Virginia, and live there now. I have a lot of family from and living in West Virginia and none of us have sex with each other. Or, by the way, say "yall" or "Yunns fixin to come down to hunt you some deer?" No, we are by far not hicks or incestuous. We live in a city where there are streets and cars and people. You are so incredibly ignorant it's not even funny.
shareHaha, don't be so nit-picky. It wasn't meant as an offence to anyone.
shareI am from Kentucky... and you know it's about the same...
I think it's utterly wrong to assume that incest only happens in certain areas. I won't deny it happens... but not quite as much as people think it does.
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I'm not sure how they were related, but it probably wasn't a close relation, so....whatever LOL. Third cousins isn't even close really. They are far enough away in the blood line, it won't matter.
shareIt wasn't that close. If you pay attention during the scean where Clarisse says "SHUT UP!" Maybery says something about King Chavilie(sp) being the great-great-great-great-great-great(i think that was enough greats but you get my point) grandfather of Nick's mom' or something to that effect it wans't that close. It wans't like Nick was Rupert's brother's kid or something like that
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NO IT DOESN'T. By some countries' standards, anything after second cousins means that you're not technically related. Besides, they were only BARELY related because Nick's Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather was Mia's Great-Great-Great-Grandfather. I have friends who are cousins that way, and they say they're like, 3rd cousins once removed or something, so it DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
Dear me! What is that unpleasant aroma? I fear the sewer may have backed up during the night.
First cousins can legally marry in California, and that's not exactly a bastion of inbreeding. So what's your point?
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There was a line in the movie like, "So and so was the great great great grandson of king blanky" So and so was probably Nicholas' father, so that would mean they are....what, 8th cousins 9 times removed? Something like that. It had to be really obscure in order for there to be a potential "heir" with no one having realized it during the first movie, when Mia thought giving up the crown meant her entire family losing their lineage. They are about as related as two strangers on the street.
I would also like to point out it is a taaaaaad bit ignorant to think it so gross, and that it only happens in stereotypical areas. I have a HUGE family tree (Sanders), and there used to be a LOT of us in Illinois. According to my family history book, years ago a man and a woman got married, both of whom had Sanders as a last name, and they shared a great great grandfather. So this kind of thing does happen, and you don't have to be from West Virginia for it to occur.
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Considering incest only became an issue relatiely recently and by that I mean in the last hundred years or so. And even then only in some western countries. There are a number of cultures who do not view it a gross situation.
shareYep. In Europe until about the age of the locomotive most people did not venture more than 50 miles from their place of birth ever. Who do you think they married? Same with African tribes, Asian villages... And most royals marry relatives for "blue blood", which happens to be all related these days.
shareuh, grow up? you do realise that a lot of royals married their relatives, don't you? it happens. not that i condone it, but i don't look into it going EWWWWW like a fourth grader. it makes sense from their point of view, and if that's the way they want to do it, then let them.
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Incest is really only a problem if there are minor genetic defects in the family which become more pronounced by inbreeding. There is nothing "unnatural" about it and many cultures have flourished with incest being part of their cultures. Although the ancient Egyptians as a culture did not practice incest, the royal family did, as a way of maintaining a rigid control of the throne. And no real history of genetic problems were ever presented, despite the several THOUSAND years of the Egyptian royal family.
shareYep, this is the truth. Incest does not technically cause genetic problems UNLESS there is a recessive gene both parties happen to carry, which is more likely because they are so closely related.
shareQueen Elizabeth II and her husband are distant cousins since both are descendants of Queen Victoria. The problem resulting from the "inbreeding" of the royal houses of Europe was hemophilia. This extended to the son of Czar Nicolas II in Russian since Queen Victoria was his great-grandmother.
shareIn fact...Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are specifically 3rd Cousins in relation to Queen Victoria. And are also like 2nd cousins once removed from King Christian X
sharei believe it was recently researched that incest caused problems with royals such as tutankhamen
Thank you Rani Senka, I was wondering how long it would take for someone to point out that royals everywhere marry cousins - in fact, i'd venture a guess, that even today, most people of royal blood, regardless of country, share a somewhat common lineage. At least the European royals.
shareno worries, as somebody mentioned above, queen elizabeth and her husband are related by two common ancestors, queen victoria, and christian IX of denmark.
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