• Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Being Portuguese, I can assure you that we’re not doing it with our sisters, though I can’t really say how much marrying with cousins is going on (whilst I don’t know a single person who has done it, I haven’t exactly researched the matter).

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      1 year ago

      It’s mostly cousins and mostly in villages. It was somewhat common (as in, it wouldn’t be seen as completely out of left field) to marry your cousin some decades ago. I know a few seniors who either married their cousin or know someone who did. However it’s definitely an older generation thing, I’ve never heard of someone younger than 40 doing it, and I doubt it’s that common these days.