WTF, guy breaks up with one of my classmates to date one of his cousins?

[FuZoR]

2nd..3rd... arent even the same blood anymore.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
While it may be gross, there's little chance that their offspring would be mutants.

-geoff

 

[Shawn]

3rd cousin is ok, i dunno about 2nd cousin though. maybe.... if she was really hot. lol. But really tho a 2nd cousin means you share one of the same great-grandparents. and 3rd cousin one of the same great-great-grandparents.

 

[Zenmervolt]

I didn't know you went to school with luvya.

ZV

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Hey, you go to school with a fellow ATOTer and you didn't even know it!

luvya

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: mugs
A surprising number of people don't even understand what 2nd/3rd cousin or once/twice removed means. You're saying they share the same great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents?

PlatinumGold - did you and your wife know you were distantly related when you started dating?

to be more specific.

koreans are ANAL about their geneologies. my dad and her dad both know their geneologies back about 20 generations or so.

my grandfather 20 times removed = her grandfather 17 times removed, so 4th or 5th is probably not accurate.

but in korean terms, the fact that we are both of the same tribe means it would be illegal for us to be married, to this day relatives on her side don't know that we are of the same "tribe".

Oh wow, that's distant. I never realized you were Korean. How did you make the connection? Just looking at family trees one day?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: mugs
A surprising number of people don't even understand what 2nd/3rd cousin or once/twice removed means. You're saying they share the same great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents?

PlatinumGold - did you and your wife know you were distantly related when you started dating?

to be more specific.

koreans are ANAL about their geneologies. my dad and her dad both know their geneologies back about 20 generations or so.

my grandfather 20 times removed = her grandfather 17 times removed, so 4th or 5th is probably not accurate.

but in korean terms, the fact that we are both of the same tribe means it would be illegal for us to be married, to this day relatives on her side don't know that we are of the same "tribe".

Oh wow, that's distant. I never realized you were Korean. How did you make the connection? Just looking at family trees one day?

we know which "tribe" we are based on the spelling of our family names. then we looked at the geneology charts (actually volumes)

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: eakers

Originally posted by: Jzero
Hey, you go to school with a fellow ATOTer and you didn't even know it!

luvya

He can't post here again.... or anytime there's a thread about cousins we'll be thinking about him.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: mugs
A surprising number of people don't even understand what 2nd/3rd cousin or once/twice removed means. You're saying they share the same great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents?

PlatinumGold - did you and your wife know you were distantly related when you started dating?

to be more specific.

koreans are ANAL about their geneologies. my dad and her dad both know their geneologies back about 20 generations or so.

my grandfather 20 times removed = her grandfather 17 times removed, so 4th or 5th is probably not accurate.

but in korean terms, the fact that we are both of the same tribe means it would be illegal for us to be married, to this day relatives on her side don't know that we are of the same "tribe".

Oh wow, that's distant. I never realized you were Korean. How did you make the connection? Just looking at family trees one day?

we know which "tribe" we are based on the spelling of our family names. then we looked at the geneology charts (actually volumes)

Interesting. It seems strange that her family wouldn't figure it out, but oh well. I wish I came from a culture that cared about our ancestors. I couldn't trace my geneology past my great-grandparents.
Edit: err... great-great grandparents, I'm sure my grandparents know who their grandparents were.

 

[Orsorum]

Haha, considering the size and scope of my family, it would be difficult for me NOT to end up dating a second/third cousin once/twice/thrice removed - my grandma had 15 kids (back in the mid thirties through the late forties), my grandma was one of seven siblings in her own family. From my grandma alone I have something like 60-70 cousins, go one generation up and I think the number goes up to like 300 or 400.

I've met some really cute girls at family reunions...

 

[Teliasen]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
Haha, considering the size and scope of my family, it would be difficult for me NOT to end up dating a second/third cousin once/twice/thrice removed - my grandma had 15 kids (back in the mid thirties through the late forties), my grandma was one of seven siblings in her own family. From my grandma alone I have something like 60-70 cousins, go one generation up and I think the number goes up to like 300 or 400.

I've met some really cute girls at family reunions...

I have about that many cousins too

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Orsorum
Haha, considering the size and scope of my family, it would be difficult for me NOT to end up dating a second/third cousin once/twice/thrice removed - my grandma had 15 kids (back in the mid thirties through the late forties), my grandma was one of seven siblings in her own family. From my grandma alone I have something like 60-70 cousins, go one generation up and I think the number goes up to like 300 or 400.

I've met some really cute girls at family reunions...

I have about that many cousins too

Heh, what's worse is when you go to a family reunion and you end up meeting one of those girls that are really hot, and you stare at them for a few seconds, stammering, before someone (inevitably one of your aunts or your great-aunts/grandmas) introduces you and you find out you're closer in relation than you thought.

 

[Teliasen]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Orsorum
Haha, considering the size and scope of my family, it would be difficult for me NOT to end up dating a second/third cousin once/twice/thrice removed - my grandma had 15 kids (back in the mid thirties through the late forties), my grandma was one of seven siblings in her own family. From my grandma alone I have something like 60-70 cousins, go one generation up and I think the number goes up to like 300 or 400.

I've met some really cute girls at family reunions...

I have about that many cousins too

Heh, what's worse is when you go to a family reunion and you end up meeting one of those girls that are really hot, and you stare at them for a few seconds, stammering, before someone (inevitably one of your aunts or your great-aunts/grandmas) introduces you and you find out you're closer in relation than you thought.

One of my cousins(2nd) is considered to be one of the hottest girls in school, known her since I was 5.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Orsorum
Haha, considering the size and scope of my family, it would be difficult for me NOT to end up dating a second/third cousin once/twice/thrice removed - my grandma had 15 kids (back in the mid thirties through the late forties), my grandma was one of seven siblings in her own family. From my grandma alone I have something like 60-70 cousins, go one generation up and I think the number goes up to like 300 or 400.

I've met some really cute girls at family reunions...

I have about that many cousins too

Heh, what's worse is when you go to a family reunion and you end up meeting one of those girls that are really hot, and you stare at them for a few seconds, stammering, before someone (inevitably one of your aunts or your great-aunts/grandmas) introduces you and you find out you're closer in relation than you thought.

One of my cousins(2nd) is considered to be one of the hottest girls in school, known her since I was 5.

I met one of my second cousins about two months ago, girl's 16 years old but really cute; said hi to her, shook her hand, the entire time in my head "stop checking her out, BAD Nate!"

For some reason my mom thought it was hilarious. I guess I have that kind of family.

 

[benliong]

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Teliasen

Originally posted by: Orsorum
Haha, considering the size and scope of my family, it would be difficult for me NOT to end up dating a second/third cousin once/twice/thrice removed - my grandma had 15 kids (back in the mid thirties through the late forties), my grandma was one of seven siblings in her own family. From my grandma alone I have something like 60-70 cousins, go one generation up and I think the number goes up to like 300 or 400.

I've met some really cute girls at family reunions...

I have about that many cousins too

Heh, what's worse is when you go to a family reunion and you end up meeting one of those girls that are really hot, and you stare at them for a few seconds, stammering, before someone (inevitably one of your aunts or your great-aunts/grandmas) introduces you and you find out you're closer in relation than you thought.

One of my cousins(2nd) is considered to be one of the hottest girls in school, known her since I was 5.

And you already think she's hot?

 

[kyparrish]

:camera:'s?

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
:camera:'s?

 

[iliopsoas]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
i always wondered why doing it with the same family causes mutants?

don't dogs/wolves do this?


who saw godfather III? :Q

Recessive genes coding for some bad characteristics may be passed from one generation to the next without any significant consequence. However, when individuals within the same family mate, the chance of both parents passing the recessive genes to their offsprings increase significantly. Many diseases can manifest this way. That's why incest is a big no-no. Mating between 2nd cousins are ok from a biological and legal standpoint.

In the old days, cousins married all the time. Looking at the history of Europe, you will find many lines of royalty where they marry within the family (cousins). Also a very good way to see some freaky genetic disorders!

 

[ElFenix]

luvya will never live down the cousin. just like syringer will never live down the spider

 

[Kadarin]

It's all good as long as you use teh birth control! :beer:

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Adul

Originally posted by: kyparrish
:camera:'s?

of the female classmate? no way, she is fugly

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Adul

Originally posted by: kyparrish
:camera:'s?

of the female classmate? no way, she is fugly

Yeah, I'm not posting pics of my 16 year old cousin.

 

[Beattie]

You are allowed to marry your first cousin even in some states. And not just like Kentucky, New Jersry is one of them.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Beattie
You are allowed to marry your first cousin even in some states. And not just like Kentucky, New Jersry is one of them.

That explains a lot.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I don't understand why people would even want to marry one of their first cousins.