Is the Royal Family considered incest?

Question

Is the Royal Family considered incest?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

when they marry within the family they're marrying like 5th cousins, the relatives that they married are very distant. have you even ever met your fifth cousins?

Answer 3

most certainly not

Answer 4

No.  It is true that there was a lot of intermarriage between cousins in previous centuries, but that is not considered incest (not in europe anyway, marriage between cousins is, or at any rate was until recently, legal here).  However, probably not healthy as it led to the spreading of, for instance, haemophilia, which spread through the royal families of europe in the 19th and early 20th century

Answer 5

No.  families can't be considered incest.  One is a concrete thing, something you can touch, and the other is a concept, so...no.

And, since I'm pretty sure what you REALLY want to ask but are unable to form the sentence is: Does the Royal Family (because of who the marry) COMMIT incest, and the answer to THAT is no, as well, since incest is defined as s*x with a member of one's nuclear family.  Or possibly with first cousins, also aunts, uncles, and grandparents...but from the second cousin onwards, no.  That would not be incest.

Answer 6

Incestuous or inbred? Royals from all countries did tend to marry cousins,but usually far enough removed not to cause too many eyebrows to raise.They were pretty careful not to be either incestuous or inbred! Nowadays,lots of new blood is coming in because royals aren't required to marry other royals.

Answer 7

Huh?

I guess not

Answer 8

no the royality marry people from other royal family like german ****** and russia before 1917  so they are related by marrage but not by blood  incest is having s*x with in your blood line  

Answer 9

not really. although I know the Rothschild's used to be incest but apparently they relaxed that tradition.