Your question was: Anyone have this problem on match.com?.

I think that anytime that it is family you need to seriously rethink the idea.  I do not care if it was a fourth or fifth cousin, that is still blood related and that is just taboo. ..

I dated a man briefly that I was related to in a very very distant fashion - his great grandmother and my great grandmother were cousins. Technically related but barely. He was a jerk anyway so I didn't go out with him more than a couple of times.

A Third cousin is just a little too close for comfort for me.

Toni..

What is "accepted"/"acceptable" is culturally determined.  if your in a western culture then people will think it's gross...

I think every state has a different law about marrying cousins - not clear on that though. However, bottom line is that if he is your third cousin, you have your great-great-grandparents in common. May be a little too close for comfort. Definitely check your state's consanguinity laws and also, should you marry and decide to ever have any children, you would need to meet with a genetics counselor...

Third cousins seems far enough removed to me not to worry unduly but  admittedly I've done no research on the subject!.

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