#english has this funny thing with second cousin thrice removed
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Second or third cousins getting married is legal in most places. How does that thing work with descendants? I mean, it's kinda problematic when a great-great-grandparent gets together with one of their -great-great-grandchild, but what about immortals? Is there a line or boundary there or do they have to keep their whole family tree in mind when they start dating?
#tonhal pofázik#today is for thoughts i see#inheritance cycle#christopher paolini#dragon#elves#belgabad suddenly wants to have hatchlings again and he has to check every living female whether they are related to him or not#<- that sentence should have been in past tense but that made me sad#funny thing is that languages tend to have words for family relations that are important. like. that you're able to meet them#english has this funny thing with second cousin thrice removed#hungarian has szépszülő which is a word for great-great-great-grandparent#elves must have a lot of word for family relations#Arya: and Tarmunora made that thing with the dragons. She was my 5xgreat-grandmother-#- and my 5xgreat-grandfather said some very interesting facts about her in the last family gathering.#Eragon - to Saphira-: isn't that... 2500+ years??#Saphira: Little one you've met Gilderien
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