Editing Incest (section)

====Aunts, uncles, moms, dads, nieces or nephews====
{{see also|Avunculate marriage}}
In the [[Netherlands]], marrying one's nephew or niece is legal, but only with the explicit permission of the Dutch government, due to the possible risk of [[genetic defects]] among the offspring. Nephew-niece marriages predominantly occur among foreign immigrants. In November 2008, the Scientific Institute of the Christian Democratic Party (CDA) announced that it wanted a ban on marriages to nephews and nieces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/11/gates-of-vienna-news-feed-11262008.html|title=Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/26/2008|first=Baron|last=Bodissey|date=26 November 2008}}</ref> Consensual sex between individuals aged 18 and older is always lawful in the Netherlands and Belgium, even among closely related family members. Sexual acts between an adult family member and a minor are illegal, though they are classified not as incest but as abuse of the authority such an adult has over a minor, comparable to that of a teacher, coach, or priest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elfri.be/incest-strafbaar |title=is incest strafbaar ? &#124; Goede raad is goud waard – Advocatenkantoor Elfri De Neve |publisher=Elfri.be |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=30 July 2013|language=nl}}</ref> In [[Florida]], consensual adult sexual intercourse with someone known to be one's aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew constitutes a felony of the third degree.<ref>Criminal Law – Page 200, John M. Scheb – 2008</ref> Other states also commonly prohibit marriages between such kin.<ref>Family Law in the USA – Page 207, Lynn Dennis Wardle, Laurence C. Nolan – 2011</ref> The legality of sex with a half-aunt or half-uncle varies state by state.<ref>The Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects – Page 101, James Wynbrandt, Mark D. Ludman – 2010</ref> In the United Kingdom, incest includes only sexual intercourse with a parent, grandparent, child, or sibling,<ref>{{cite web|title=Incest by a man.|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/69/part/I/crossheading/incest|work=Sexual Offences Act 1956|publisher=National Archives UK|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> but the more recently introduced offense of "sex with an adult relative" extends as far as half-siblings, uncles, aunts, nephews, and nieces.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|title=Sexual Offences Act 2003|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/64|work=legislation.gov.uk|publisher=The National Archives of United Kingdom|access-date=28 March 2014}}</ref> However, the term 'incest' remains widely used in popular culture to describe any form of sexual activity with a relative. In Canada, marriage between uncles and nieces and between aunts and nephews is illegal.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}