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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
Well, yes, but apparently it was a law of the Church. When you marry, your spouse's family becomes your family. Apparently that was interpreted that if you married your late spouse's sibling, that was incest, because it was like you married your own sibling.
Yes, dumb law.  |
But you were allowed to marry your first cousin.
In my state, it's not incest to have sexual relations with your first cousin, but you're still not allowed to marry him/her. And incest only applies to biological relations.