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Dagonus

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[40d] Dwarven Incest?
« on: July 29, 2009, 11:20:18 am »
So I have a Queen. On her relationship screen, the King Consort is listed as her husband. When I look at his relationship status, she is listed as his Aunt.

Are Dwarves supposed to have family sticks instead of trees?
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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009, 12:14:24 pm »
This was actually normal in the middle ages, nobles wanted to preserve their blood lines by only marrying within their social class so the higher their social standing the smaller the family tree.
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Dagonus

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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2009, 03:27:12 pm »
Quote from: kuro_suna on July 29, 2009, 12:14:24 pm
This was actually normal in the middle ages, nobles wanted to preserve their blood lines by only marrying within their social class so the higher their social standing the smaller the family tree.

Oh, I know. But normally it was going to your cousin, not aunts.
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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2009, 04:13:26 pm »
Uncle / niece marriage was common too (eg. the Hapsburgs). Aunt / nephew, not so much, but dwarves are an egalitarian and long-lived lot.
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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2009, 04:41:34 pm »
Yeah. If you aren't going to marry your family then there's pretty much no-one else left...
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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 11:01:00 am »
I seem to recall some time ago pre-.40d that there were unintended cases of incest in a bug report and that Toady had a look at it.  I am not sure what the outcome was but I think it is due to be looked at again and that it is a bug as it stands now.

There have been a couple of threads about this subject since .40d.

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=25989.0
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=27504.0
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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 06:12:08 pm »
IIRC this is mostly a problem in smaller (i.e. pocket) worlds - there simply isn't anyone else around to breed with due to low population limits.

Not sure if it's a bug or a feature, to be honest.
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Re: [40d] Dwarven Incest?
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2009, 01:17:57 pm »
I would think it would also be a problem for civs that are just starting or otherwise on the verge of collapse.
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