honestly, it wasn't even that big of a deal to marry a first cousin like 50 some odd years ago

maybe a little more

I actually get sick thinking of having sexual relationships with family members. I am not sure if I am an outlier here.

Its a perspective of a 2018 human.

with the benefit of hindsight

and genetics

It's not just about genetics.

You cannot look into the genes of another person.

But if I have a familiar relationship with someone, even if they were adopted, it would be incredibly weird.

from the persepctive of a 2018 human

I have no magic X-ray vision into someone's genetic makeup. If I had an adopted sister, and I did not know she was adopted, of course I would feel the same way.

You're taking what i said about genetics the wrong way

Well, I didn't do it on purpose.

I mean, we know, for a fact, that its bad mojo now because of modern science

Let me re-read what you said ...

Wait, so you are bringing it back to science.

So I did understand you correctly, no?

My feelings are not rooted in science.

The science behind it, whether its rooted in it or not, informs your decision that its a bad thing

The last few hundred years

a stigma has become attached to it

It's about engaging in that sort of activity with someone you share a familial relationship with, no matter how closely or distantly related.

*because* of now understood science

No.

That is exactly the point I disagree with you on.

laws against first cousin marriages are only a few hundred years old

I felt this way before I even understood any of the science.

i'm not saying YOU

If we could figure out a scientific method to procreate without the adverse genetic consequences, it would make no difference to me.

Yall talking about incestuous relationships?

Wtf

Did I just wake up too

Sorry, I know that is a sore spot for you.

Don't want to open old wounds.

In the last few hundred years, people have become more scientifically aware that mating with close gene pools is bad.
That has caused a social stigma to be attached to the very idea of it.
That stigma, is the culture you and I were raised is, which is what forms *our* opinions of it.

You keep bringing it back to the gene pool.

I am actually getting the sense I did not misunderstand you, in fact.

You are completely misunderstanding me

Okay.

I'll try again after my coffee.

Incest is wrong