Kissing
Cousins Want to Date
Dear
Harlan,
My
dad's real mother died when he was 2, and my grandfather (dad's
dad) remarried another lady who already had two daughters
of her own from a previous marriage. Together, my grandfather
and stepgrandmother had another daughter, who is my half aunt.
So, one of my stepaunts had a daughter, who would be my first
stepcousin. Then she had a son, who would be my second stepcousin.
My stepcousin and I are together and very much in love, but
our families are up in arms about our relationship, saying
that we are wrong for what we are doing because we are "related"
by my half aunt, his half great aunt. Are we really related
through her? Does that count, and are we wrong for feeling
what we feel? Please help me!
Dating
a Cousin
Dear
Dating a Cousin,
The
most confusing part of this is going to be deciding which
half of the room the family sits in during the wedding ceremony.
It
was your stepcousin, not your half aunt, who gave birth to
the son that you're in love with, right? So, he's not really
your cousin by blood. I think that's right. You're never wrong
feeling what you're feeling, but unless your family is royalty
or big fans of Albert Einstein (he married his first cousin),
don't expect them to get excited about cousins dating.
