as someone else said, the icky factor is most people imposing their views on how they would feel in the same situation with their sibling but all those feelings are their from growing up together, without that, they are two completely different people and really theres nothing wrong with it. had no one ever known no one would have, or did have a single issue with it. isn't it sad when a simple test and piece of paper can change everyone else's acceptance of something they were completely ok with minutes before they found out.
The bigger issue with incest isn't the birth of their children, theres an increased risk but we don't force the separation of people with say an uncle and a brother with downs syndrome, from having kids? Stopping people being together based on kids possibly being born with genetic problems is beyond ridiculous its nothing more than enforced eugenics program, but using a very stupid side issue as a cover for it.
THe biggest issue with incest, or any very small community is several generations of children without much genetic diversity, thats when the real problems spring up.
Just can't see a single logical reason for them being separated. In any case theres nothing at all remotely stopping them from emigrating to be together somewhere else, or moving apart for a while, letting the fuss die down, moving away and being together. but frankly, they shouldn't have to. When it comes down to it, they are two individuals who got together and were happy, thats as far as it goes theres NOTHING more to the situation than that. Theres nothing to say they have a worse chance of an unhealthy child than anyone else out there. statisically family might have a worse chance, but theres nothing to prove or show that in this case there is, and using that the chance of an unhealthy kid, as a reason they can't be together is awful in this day and age.
If we don't stop crack heads having kids and taking drugs all through pregnancy and giving birth to kids already addicted to drugs, how in the sweet jesus does this government take it upon themselves to split up two happy people?