Do you let sims with common ancestors that the game no longer considers related be romantic?

I once let two cousins become romantically involved even (I could because I had moved my sims to another world/new save so they didn’t recognize each other as relatives anymore). Actually, in real life in most countries cousins can actually marry. The ‘ew’ is between our ears, technically there’s not much wrong with it. Other than a slightly bigger chance of getting children who can’t reproduce (a risk comparable to a 35+ woman who gets pregnant for the first time, which we don’t consider ew either). Charles Darwin married his cousin I learned (when I did all this research because of my storyline, which in fact was mainly based on the fact that I liked to mix their genetic features). And as for further back: my own real life parents alledgedly share the same ancestors, a few generations back. There is no biological reason why that would be unadvisable.

Would've preferred a straight "no" option in the poll rather than the 'ew', but it's the only one applicable.

Anyway, no. The game might not recognise them as related but I'd know.

I have so many sims that I want to use in my games I see no reason for them getting involved with any relatives.

I would find it morally wrong...

I try to play without altering any born in game sims, so if they both have traits I want passed on I get them together to make sure those traits get into the next generation. Kinda like dog breeding... hahaha

As in real life, I don't think second cousins is a problem. Not that I know any of my second cousins since I was raised in Australia by parents from different countries :D I think "Ew" is a tad extreme in the options.

I keep my populations small in generational saves, allowing families (except the active household) to only have two children. If I didn't allow second cousin relationships I would have to constantly introduce new "blood" which would defeat my efforts at keeping the population small.

Love is love, you cannot deny it :wink:

Personally I'd go for it because I think this is just a game after all, no need to get all serious about a bunch of pixel people getting romantic virtually.

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My 2nd generation heir's step aunt keeps sending him gifts and asking him for dates but I just find it weird so I always decline. Maybe after 5 generations (if I can ever get THAT far) or if I've really run out of options, I might consider it.

Ew no seems a bit extreme. But no, I wouldn't. The game might not know anymore but I would, and to me it's just no. Relatives are just off limits. Maybe if you get really far back. A generation or two though, no.

It all depends on how close they are in the family tree. I probably wouldn't marry second cousins because seeing generations down the line doubled up on the family tree would be annoying. But for example with my 10 generation family in Sunset Valley it's inevitable to have "related" sims mingle.