Talk:Chapter Thirteen: The Sweet Hereafter/@comment-32859958-20170515201836/@comment-32859958-20170516005659

The true issue with incest is that a child conceived from an incestous relationship is almost certain to have defect games. The same risk isn't there with cousins.

And you're only partly correct. The US is a bit of an exception, there's it's prohibited to marry your first cousin, but only in some states. In most of the world it's perfectly legal.