I assume you are balking at the "cousins" bit. Eh. Different strokes for different ... cultures.
Among the Yanomamo in the Amazon, One is actoually encouraged to marry their first cousin, but only if the cousin is the child of the opposite sex of whichever side of the family they come from. Say a male is looking for a mate. His mother has a brother and a sister. The brother and the sister both have a daughter. It is OK for the male to marry the daughter of his uncle on his mother's side, but not the daughter of his aunt on his mother's side. This is reversed for the father's side of the family. Also, in another group of peoples from the same area, the mother of one's wife is considered one's sister. (Sorry. Just completed a course in Cultural Anthropology =-p) Anyway. What is weird to us is normal to someone else. *shrug* Still, it is hard to look passed what one has been culturally conditioned to. I find it all very fascinating. PT ----- Condoning 'incest' for a better tomorrow! On 8/10/2010 1:34 PM, Tony wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/10/arizona.escapees/index.html?hpt=T2 > > > yeah. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
