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Originally Posted by snookums
She changed a few things in the second version to make the book more palatable. In the original, Frankenstein's bride really is his cousin. In the second version, Shelley changed it to explain that she was really an orphan who had come to live with them and cousin was their nickname for each other.
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Not related to your question directly, but I was a little curious about what was regarded as unpalatable about marrying your cousin? Lots of people do so, at least in the UK; it certainly isn't illegal!