[Sharlin]

The US is actually an outlier in how taboo it considers first-cousin sexual relations. They’re certainly eyebrow-raising these days, but not considered incestuous in most of Europe or other parts of the world (with China and parts of India being two admittedly big exceptions).

[simion314]

I am not sure, but this companies will block content containing this legal relations, and I seen people in the sims community (not sure their nationality ) demanding EA blocks "step" relations , even if there is nothing illegal or medical wrong about that, just their fragile hearts that the game does not block this.

[woodpanel]

> The US is actually an outlier in how taboo it considers first-cousin sexual relations

Not true at all. Just because it is legal doesn’t mean it is considered socially acceptable [1].

> but not considered incestuous in most of Europe

Not according to the catholic church [2].

[1] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_prevalence_...

[2] https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/docume... (see CIC 1091)

[Sharlin]

The fact that it's uncommon or "weird" doesn't yet mean it's taboo.

[lupusreal]

Werner von Braun married his cousin. Granted, that was after he came to America, but she was still in Germany then.

[johncessna]

Yeah, nearly 80 years ago, and he married in Germany. First cousin marriages in the US today will certainly warrant some side eye as Sharlin mentioned.

According to wikipedia 24 states have it banned and then 7 more apply restrictions such as a minimum age or infertility