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Non Americans, what province is the "Alabama" of your country? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In terms of having the "marrying cousins" stereotype.

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[–] _thisdot@infosec.pub 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It used to be very common in Tamil Nadu for an uncle to marry his niece. So common that the word for uncle (mama) can be used interchangeably with groom

[–] spiderman@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago

it still happens (at least in rural places)