Marrying Distant Relatives

[Lisa46]

How closely related can you be to romance another sim?

For example, can a great-great-aunt technically marry her little grandson? I'm asking this because of my life states dynasty and fairy spares.

[Trip]

The closest relationship that can marry in the game are two first cousins, once removed.

Another way to think of it is that your sim can marry their great-uncle's child, or that they can marry their first cousin's child.

So no, the hypothetical great-great-aunt cannot marry back into the family.

[Lisa46]

Trip, I remeber reading Lena's Stars 4x4 Dynasty and her founder's second kid married her founder's great-great grandchild. So I guess that would work?

[Trip]

It actually shouldn't. Did Lena's family tree break?

[Lisa46]

I don't know. I guess I'd have to ask her.

[Pam]

The closest relationship that can marry in the game are two first cousins, once removed.

Another way to think of it is that your sim can marry their great-uncle's child, or that they can marry their first cousin's child.

So no, the hypothetical great-great-aunt cannot marry back into the family.

This is my first post of the day so maybe I'm just not in the groove yet.  But this sounds very confusing.

Also, I changed the subject line to something a little less shocking, for lack of a better word. 

[KhaineGB]

I believe the game counts 4 generations back down the tree.

So a great-great-granddad could marry their great-great-granddaughter (granddaughter would be 5th generation), but a great-granddad could not marry his great-granddaughter (granddaughter would be 4th generation)

I know the family tree stops counting after Aunt/Uncle. So a great-uncle could marry his great-niece.

[Lisa46]

Thanks Khaine. I have a fairy spare who is really pretty and I'd like to cure her and change her into a vampire later on because she's a rainboo.