> 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

> 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_of_consanguinity.svg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_prevalence_... [2] https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann998-1165_en.html https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/docume... (see CIC 1091)