Is Marriage between adoptive siblings and step siblings considered incest?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
Calgary, Alberta
July 16, 2016 5:20am CST
In case of step siblings, they were not related by blood but their mom and dads are married and living as a couple.
In case of adopted siblings, they were not related by blood but they were raised as siblings.
Neither scenarios won't produce deformed babies because they were not Biologically related. I know in Some states it is legal and it is illegal in some states. I want to know what is your opinion about these scenarios.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
16 Jul 16
For me it's not incest for they are not related biologically.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Jul 16
It will make family reunions look awkward though
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
16 Jul 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker well, yes, but if they really love each other it doesn't matter any more. Sooner or later they will accept the situation especially if seeing them both happy as a couple.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Jul 16
They were not related though. A 4th degree cousin is more related to a person than a step sister.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Jul 16
Many step siblings though became siblings as adults. I think in most cases step siblings who became romantic are those who didnt grow up together as children.
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@Shavkat (140118)
• Philippines
17 Jul 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker In some point, it happens. But then, we need to be cautious and think a couple of times before falling into such situation. That would be a stressful thing to happen.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
16 Jul 16
I have 3 step sons and I have 3 sons of my own .. My husband has an adopted daughter with his ex wife .. I can't see any of my sons falling for her.. My husband and I will probably discourage it .. Even though they are not blood related, if they were raised as brother and sister from the beginning , they should remain and love one another as brother and sister..
I guess, in the case of step-siblings, it would be different if they all met when they were already adults and have never spent time as brothers and sisters when they were little.. Because we can't dictate adult children about who to fall in love with..It will be their decision..
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Jul 16
I wonder if there is a way to keep step siblings to stay platonic as possible. I am sure with the right parenting circumstances like this one can be prevented.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
19 Jul 16
@epiffanie Most step sibling marriages happens when the step siblings met as adults or teens I think there is an adopted sibling marriage case in my neighborhood but they were obviously not siblings because the adopted child is Romanian and the "brother" is white.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
17 Jul 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker when children grew up as siblings under one household , I can't imagine what would make them feel differently other than being siblings ...
Do you personally know anyone who has fallen in love with or having relationship with an adopted sibling or step-sibling?..
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Jul 16
Yeah it can definitely ruin a family apart. the impact it have can be damaging
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@yongcaderoriginal (101)
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18 Jul 16
I think this must be depend on situation, if both the adopted and the step child live together in a one home, then they have threaten each other as real siblings, it is not good for them to be married nor to be in-relationship. Take note that even they have a different blood that flow into their veins, they still have a feeling and harmony that could never change, which is their beliefs that they are siblings.
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@jstory07 (139974)
• Roseburg, Oregon
20 Jul 16
They are not biological related so they could marry each other. I know a man and women who were raised as sister and brother and they fell in love with each other. the parents told them it was ok because they were both adopted and not really related to each other.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
16 Jul 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker,I think,such marriages should not be allowed.A biological child may not have blood relations with a step girl child of his parents,still they are brother and sister.We have some social and moral values too.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
16 Jul 16
In Samoan culture, The children of your dad's best friend will be considered your cousin. Not blood related but considered a cousin. So a step sister is still a real sister to you?
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
16 Jul 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker You are right.Your step sister is also your sister and you can't and shouldn't take her as your wife.
@noni1959 (10109)
• United States
21 Jul 16
It's not incest but society still doesn't accept it. Look at Woody Allen marrying his adopted daughter, or was it Mia's? Either way, it still today is taboo. With step children, it's iffy if you marry later in life and the children didn't have a brother/sister bond. What if the parents divorce? Are they still considered step?
@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
10 Aug 16
It wouldn't be classified as incest because they aren't biologically related but that doesn't make it any less weird. I could never see my sister dating one of my brothers since they are HER stepbrothers. We were raised as being nothing but brother and sisters and that is how we treat each other. So I think it would be weird but if you follow the definition of incest then it wouldn't be classified as it.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32748)
• Calgary, Alberta
12 Aug 16
I think most step siblings who ends up dating didnt grow up together. Many of them met as teenagers or young adults. But yeah it looks awkward because their parents are married.
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@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
12 Aug 16
@CaptAlbertWhisker To me it is still weird. I don't care when they meet.
@leonarpin (4)
• Beijing, China
18 Sep 16
According to the law of PRC
Article 7 Marriage shall be prohibited in any of the following circumstances:
a. if the man and the woman are lineal relatives by blood or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree of kinship;
b. if either the man or the woman is suffering from any disease that is regarded by medical science as rending a person unfit for marriage.
so, it is not forbidden in china.
