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Originally Posted by ~Azu-chan~
but, if Nayuki and Yuchi were to get together, would that be considered incest because they're cousins? ._.'
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Not in most places, and not with significant genetic evidence. In Japan, Canada, Mexico, and all European countries, marriage between first cousins is legal. The Qur'an specifically allows it, so I don't think it's banned in any primarily-Muslim countries. It is also legal in 26 US states. If Yuuichi and Nayuki got together, their children would have a slightly increased risk of genetic defects, but that risk would be about the same as that of a child born from a 41-year-old woman.
So there's really no reason to be squicked out by it. (Ah, the things watching anime motivates you to learn)