Yep. The 2nd cousins thing isn't necessarily a reason to break up with her. The violence definitely is.

The grammar and spelling in this hurts.

There’s a few states in the US that allow first cousin marriage. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

second cousin is actually fairly close. it's your first cousins kid, your aunt or uncles grandkids..... there's a few ways to relate to a second cousin

Most countries allow first cousin marriages....in fact i'd say the ones who don't allow those are a rare minority.

Actually no, you're thinking of first cousins once removed. Second cousins is when your parents and their parents are cousins.

It's pretty close. Second cousins have great grandparents in common. If you're second cousins with someone it means one of your parents and one of his/her parents are cousins.

First cousin marriage used to be really popular, especially in the British royal family. And sometimes it worked out pretty well. Queen Victoria married her 1st cousin. And she's probably the only monarch who had real true love with their spouse. Also, her cousin was fine AF and drastically improved the gene pool. It's quite hilarious- if you go to Kensington Palace you'll see all the portraits of ugly ass royals & their offspring, then suddenly there's Prince Alfred looking like a snack and the portraits of their 9 children all looking like angelic baby models.

I am crying @ this entire comment.

Still gross though.

Talk about getting off on a technicality.

show me on the doll where your cousin's touched you

Third cousin fine?

I'd imagine it was more common in cold climates.

First cousins share a set of grandparents, so that's rather close, but as someone said above, second cousins share only a set of great grandparents. Genetically it's very unlikely you have much more in common than strangers. That said, the "idea" of it being family is probably enough to gross people out, even if it's not rational.