[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.