marrying cousins only became taboo in recent history and even then mostly just in the west
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 29/08/2017 04:55:29 PM
Nephew to aunt is closer but of course people back then didn't understand genetics. Within royalty I don't think it would raise any eyebrows. After King Tut died his uncle married Tut's sister. Since John's claim to the throne is better than hers marriage is really the only solution.
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- 28/08/2017 04:50:02 PM
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Isn't incest really only a genetic problem if you do it over several generations?
- 28/08/2017 05:04:06 PM
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The problem is that Targaryens have been doing it. It's why Viserys and Aerys were nuts.
- 28/08/2017 07:22:28 PM
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Yes, true. If the genetics are perfect and there are no mutations then there is no genetic issue.
- 28/08/2017 08:06:57 PM
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We're worrying about scientific verisimilitude, when they say a medieval city has a million people?
- 29/08/2017 06:23:10 AM
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Ancient Rome actually is estimated to have just around one million at its peak.
- 05/09/2017 11:10:10 PM
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John can still do better 
On a different note, as much as I enjoyed *spoiler*
- 29/08/2017 06:43:49 AM
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On a different note, as much as I enjoyed *spoiler*
- 29/08/2017 06:43:49 AM
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marrying cousins only became taboo in recent history and even then mostly just in the west
- 29/08/2017 04:55:29 PM
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Well, in-universe, there was already an uncle-niece marriage that produced two kings.
- 29/08/2017 10:08:27 PM
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