i think it depends too on your culture, for filipinos, it's taboo to marry or have a relationship with your relative. for arabs, they can marry even their 1st cousin. most of the people here are concerned with the children you gonna have, well they are right. I work in the hospital, we have lots of patients with defects because their parents are cousins or so. think about your children, not your happiness for now...BTW, you're cute.