@ACruelButLovingGod If you had explained all that at first, I think the responses you got would be different. Similar, but different. From what I saw of your first post, you saw two unrelated adult Sims could mechanically romance and pronounced it grooming. I understand the "ew" feeling. This really... Really isn't really the platform for a detailed kind of openness about those subjects, but there are things that make me feel uncomfortable, too. However, I do not find much merit in dwelling on it when nothing has actually happened.
I've got a give me for 4: great grandchildren. Last I checked with my four generation household, the great grandchildren weren't recognized as relatives. Under 4's broad relationship mechanics, a great grandfather and his great granddaughter can technically marry and have a baby since they are not recognized as family. Boom. Incest proper. Plus, this is a known thing.
Now, this doesn't mean the game is malicious, promotes incest, or has mechanics dedicated to it. It just means they stopped at three relation levels. I personally think they should have stopped at four, but since we can preserve a Sim forever it can technically reproduce with as many of its own descents as we make it. Where were they supposed to stop with the ties for that scenario? If it was something prohibiting Sims from sharing the same family tree a lot of other romances (including unrelated romances because of adoption and marriage) would also be prohibited.
