# Rate of "romantic incest"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-of-romantic-incest/515766 "2009-10-30T19:26:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-of-romantic-incest/515766/21 "2009-11-03T23:25:19Z")

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> [@Cliffy](#):
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> I happen to know of a guy who made accusations of incest when his (paternal) uncle and his widowed mother married. But this was in Denmark, and he was crazy.

No kidding. That’s not incest, it’s a standard levirate marriage, practically required. At least, that’s what my Jewish buddies Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tell me.

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