Doesn’t sound healthy.
Absolutely fascinating. Did you finally move past the porch level of relationships?
In my research, I frequently see personal relationships (friendships, not marriage) between 2nd cousins. Rarely see 3rd cousin relationships.
In Dutch NY, 1700s, they dealt with the inbreeding problem systematically. Children were grouped into separate sets and the sets couldn’t include close relationships. The sets would berry pick together, have competitions, etc. Marriages usually took place WITHIN a set, so they had preselected who the children hung around with. The stories were told by a girl who was brought into the area by her father and left with the families while he went awarring. Told as an outsider not part of the sets.
Interesting
No I stayed on the porch. They were all democrats LOL