Facebook is just on fire tonite - here's another one worth sharing (re: SC)

[jillan]

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[josephslaton]

1. As a southerner

And a socialist, that is funny as shit

[ZombieHorde]

2. Is that true? Can you really marry your cousin in NC? nt

[jillan]

3. Haha - probably not, but ya know what 'some people say'.

[cali]

5. you can. first cousins are allowed to marry in NC

[malaise]

7. I knew an English woman who lived in the Caribbean

When she and her family returned to England her daughter married her brother's son.
I took weeks to get over that shock. The lady and her husband were first rate professionals.

[NNN0LHI]

4. First cousin I believe?

http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/human-services/state-laws-regarding-marriages-between-first-cousi.aspx

North Carolina- First cousin marriage is legal. Double cousin marriage is prohibited

[rurallib]

13. WTF is a double cousin?

I have never heard that term.

[TalkingDog]

15. My mom and her sisters were double first, along with the cousins in question.

When 2 (or more) siblings from one family marry 2 (or more) siblings from another.

So my grandmom and her sister married 2 brothers from the same family.

It's dangerous because they are genetically closer to siblings than regular first cousins.

[CBHagman]

18. At least two people in my graduating class were double first cousins.

I'd never even heard the term until then.

[Auntie Bush]

19. My sister and I married two brothers...so our kids are all double cousins.

All the cousins have the same DNA. My niece always loved my son and were best friends. They used to joke around and say it's a good thing it would be illegal for them to get married.

But if one of them were gay...would it now be illegal?

[SunSeeker]

17. LOL. I think it's what you get when two first cousins breed. nt

[Marrah_G]

6. yup- can marry your first cousin as long as you both are not LBGT.

This is why it cannot be left up to the states.

[ZombieHorde]

8. That may be a really persuasive argument for independents. nt

[vaberella]

21. Only problem is, it's not a fact in all states. n/t

[jerseyjack]

9. I believe it was about 10 years ago the geneticists stated that first cousins

offspring were not in danger of genetically induced problems.

[ingac70]

10. They aren't in the case of a one off marriage....

but when it is done over and over you see some weird results. I saw that with an old boyfriend's dad's side of the family (he was adopted, else I would have dumped him in case I got preggers).

[yellowcanine]

11. Correct. It is when it is done repeatedly, even second cousins, where problems crop up. The Amish

have some serious genetic diseases, for example, and they don't normally have first cousin marriages but do have second cousin marriages.

[treestar]

12. Surprising the number of states in which you still can

http://www.cousincouples.com/?page=states

[treestar]

22. lol

Notice that the "court clerk" is qualified to determine "insanity" or "imbecility." Drunkenness I will defer to the court clerk's decision.

[TalkingDog]

14. First cousins are no more genetically alike than any two random people.

That said.... I wouldn't marry any of mine.

[ZombieHorde]

20. I did not know that, but it is still pretty good propaganda. nt

[treestar]

23. I have a second cousin

(common great grandparent pair) that I did not know well growing up, with whom I had a lot in common, and I could have theoretically considered it. Not illegal anywhere in the U.S. Which is strange, when you think of it. I have other second cousins that lived nearby and I knew as a kid - any of them seemed like relatives - so it's partly psychological.