Articles of category "Kissing Cousins"

Marriage to a cousin relative often attracts both positive and negative criticisms. The term kissing cousins has been applied to a marriage between cousins who choose to wed. It seems reasonable to suggest that some genetic sympathy may occur between individuals related through a family line which may generate an attraction. However whether this is a good or bad thing is arguably speculative.

The writer of the following article is married to a man from the Middle East. While he never suggested that one of his sons marry their female cousin, he told his wife about the acceptance in his country of the cousin, marriage scenario. The writer's awareness of that tradition has formed the basis for the following speculative look at that seemingly strange lifestyle.