The bill would remove first cousins from the list of family members with whom it's illegal to have sexual relations in the state.
    • rifugee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      You say that, but it’s still really rare in most countries with only about 10% in the entire world. It seems that Arab countries are typically the exception and are responsible for most of that 10%. There is probably a lot of cultural nuance there that I’m missing, but the link below has a world map that really illustrates that it occurs mostly in the Middle East.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage