Bellanca, when I speak of a decay of morality, I'm speaking mostly of the last hundred years. Morality hasn't ALWAYS been decaying, and was mostly dependent on who conquered who, through most of history.

I think marrying FIRST cousins is rather unusual, legally speaking; marrying second cousins and beyond has only very rarely been illegal, if I'm not mistaken. Forgive me, though, for not having researched any facts on this one; I really don't care very much.