[The_Long_Run]

Yes, life IS a struggle, just always try to do the right thing as YOU see it.

How you see it is an amagam of many influences of which your declared religion is but one.

I think marrying your cousin, after appropriate consideration of the possibe genetic consequences, is a very small issue in the wider scheme of things. There may of course be no blood relationship between registered cousins. Although adultery is a 'sin' it does happen, think about it.