Comment on In the Shadow of my Misfortune

  1. aadarshinah Sun 28 Jul 2024 10:57AM UTC

    by a hobbitstale

    I was actually expecting you to tell me Siri’s, Alice, and Frank had a poly thing going on, but that makes sense to.

    It depends on the time and place? Some places encourage 1st cousin marriage to this day and I think like 10% of all marriages are first cousin marriages? But other places only allow it for 2nd cousins and beyond. Still, it’s amusing that all the Gaunt marriages are cousin marriages, in the sense of “well that takes dedication or else you really didn’t want to change the initials anywhere.”

    I mean technically everyone on earth is related? If your ancestors are European, then I think the most distantly related your parents can be is like 15th cousins? I forget the exact details. The problem is restricting your gene pool too much. Like 5th cousins is usually considered perfectly fine, and 3rd cousins is probably fine too if there are no genetic diseases in your family tree… so a relatively small, relatively self-contained community like the wizarding world is probably okay until the population gets too small. Like, say, post Voldemort War small.

    I do think Ominis and Anne would be happy together… but you’re right I don’t think we see them interacting anywhere so that all up to you a guess.

    I hate you a little. I am now 10 hours into a legacy replay and my wrist is killing me. (Also so much nausea. Ugh) it’s all your fault.

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