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  6 0 If you share no blood, then go for it. And you aren't quite cousins even, just say you met via family and leave it at that. Amy Lang answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  3 1 You're not really cousins. You share no common ancestors. The children of your aunt and uncle are your cousins, but this guy is off to the side of that. I was trying to think of what this would look like in my family, but I realized that although I have (or had) six aunts and uncles, and they have (or had) five spouses, at least some of whom must have brothers or sisters, and presumably they have at least some children, I have never to my knowledge ever met or even heard the name of a single one of my "other cousins" -- cousins of cousins, in other words, though I have met one or two brothers and sisters of my aunt's and uncle's spouses. They're strangers to me, if they exist (and I'm sure they exist, being mostly Catholics). People who are not blood relations who are strangers to you familialy are fair game. Go for it! Fnarf answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Sphinx… 0 0 Ack! I accidentally hit the thumb down when I meant to hit up and now I feel like a jerk. Sorry! Sphinx commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I would say yes weird (in a societal approval kind of way), but no not wrong (in a absolute right/wring kind of way). The family might be pretty weirded out by it, so I would suggest keeping that in mind. You might never be able to date openly. Or if you do face some difficulties with the families. Is that going to be ok with you? Basil answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by lovebug123… 0 0 His side of the family never gets with my side.They dont talk. I dont have an issue lovebug123 commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 Nothing weird. Totally cool. That's the way it's happend for centuries. Tom answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Nope. Unless you live in West Virginia and/or all your last names are the same. Then, it may be a tiny bit weird. Still not wrong though, as nearly every history-worthy royal family has proven. RacerX answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 2 Your family probably won't like it and friends & acquaintances may make jokes (possibly behind your back). Family reunions may be awkward after the break-up, and even more awkward if you stick together and have kids. If you can deal with that (or just keep it on the DL around family), I really don't see anything wrong with it. It's only taboo due to some BS social conditioning that doesn't really make much sense. LMNOP answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Not weird, other than the possibility of running into him at future family gatherings. Mahtli69 answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 2 There are cultural, contextual and legal issues to consider... Primarily you need to check with the state in which you live, as some states consider it illegal. secondarily, context. Did you meet as adults? did your uncle marry his aunt when you were both three? Did you goto high school together? Did you meet for the second time at that wedding last summer? Though he is not blood-related, if you grew up together in a close-knit family as cousins, than the ick factor (if not the genetic issues) of blood-relativity can still be in play, if not for the two of you, perhaps for those around you. I would say, if you are cousins in name only and have not yet developed any other relationship around each other (i.e. he is some guy on the planet who happens to have a relative that married one of yours), than it is fine. If you do have any other relationship already established (such as baby pictures together or memories of those family camping trips, etc) then you're gonna come up against somebody's ick factor. Jo Langford answered in Relationships about 1 year ago | Report 5 comments by Lee, Jo Langford, and Lee… 1 0 Really? What state considers a relationship with your uncle's wife's nephew to be incestuous? Lee commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 None that I am aware of specifically (and am hoping that none do have laws regarding second cousins), though around half of the states do have stated guidelines around the legality of relations amongst cousins and those guidelines can vary greatly, state-to-state. I am simply, an advocate of doing due diligence around laws in the state in which one lives to be safe. Jo Langford commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 These are not second cousins. As several people have pointed out, there relation - such as it is - is not by blood, which means they are NOT COUSINS under any normal definition of the term. Due diligence is all well and good, but suggesting that someone check the laws "to be safe" when you obviously have no idea what the laws are strikes me as going out of your way to give advice you're not qualified to give. Lee commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Yeah we arent blood. Or close to it. lovebug123 commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Lee's right. RacerX commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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