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* '''Downplayed''': Prince Bob marries Princess Alice, who is his cousin once removed.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Prince Bob marries Princess Alice, who is his cousin once removed.removed.
** Alice and Bob are half siblings and illegitimate children of the king. They are not royalty but still a cut above the average commoner. There shared heritage is the reason the two fall in love on the first place.
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* '''Parodied''': The royal family tree doesn't fork at all; it's just a straight column

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* '''Parodied''': The royal family tree doesn't fork at all; it's just a straight columncolumn.

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* '''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], Princess Alice of [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} Wikistan]].

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* '''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], aunt, Princess Alice of [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} Wikistan]].



* '''Downplayed''': Prince Bob marries Princess Alice, who is his 3rd cousin, twice removed.

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* '''Downplayed''': Prince Bob marries Princess Alice, who is his 3rd cousin, twice cousin once removed.



* '''Subverted''':
** Princess Alice marries her brother, Prince Bob, but it's later revealed that she was adopted.
** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage. The idea was to adopt someone into the family.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** She was adopted because she was illegitimate. She's Bob's ''half'' sister.
** The family changes it's mind and starts putting pressure on Prince Bob to produce a blood line heir.

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* '''Subverted''':
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'''Subverted''': Princess Alice marries her brother, Prince Bob, but it's later revealed that she was adopted.[[NotBloodSiblings adopted]].
** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage. The idea was to adopt someone into the family.
* '''Double Subverted''':
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Subverted''': She was adopted because she was illegitimate. She's Bob's ''half'' sister. \n** The family changes it's mind and starts putting pressure on Prince Bob to produce a blood line heir.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Some members of the family marry other family members, others don't.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Some members of the family marry other family members, others don't. ???



* '''Enforced''': Any MedievalEuropeanFantasy aiming at [[TruthInTelevision versimilitude]].

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* '''Enforced''': Any MedievalEuropeanFantasy aiming at [[TruthInTelevision versimilitude]].It's HistoricalFiction based on a time when this really happened.



* '''Exploited''': Princess Betty wants to be Prince Bob's HotConsort, so she stages an elaborate BrideAndSwitch with [[TwinSwitch her twin]] Princess Alice, who doesn't ''really'' [[ChildMarriageVeto want to marry]] [[PrinceCharmless Prince Bob]] anyway.

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* '''Exploited''': Princess Betty wants to be Prince Bob's HotConsort, so she stages an elaborate BrideAndSwitch with [[TwinSwitch her twin]] Princess Alice, who doesn't ''really'' [[ChildMarriageVeto want to marry]] [[PrinceCharmless Prince Bob]] anyway.???



* '''Implied''': Alice's and Bob's fathers look alot alike and are very close, although it's never stated whether or not the two, and by extension their married children, are biologically related.

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* '''Implied''': Alice's and Bob's fathers look alot a lot alike and are very close, although it's never stated whether or not the two, they're brothers, and by extension if their married children, children are biologically related.cousins.
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* '''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], Princess Alice of [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Wikistan]].

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* '''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], Princess Alice of [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} Wikistan]].
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Our parents are cousins, our grandparents and grandparents were cousins... we'll have to continue the lineage ''and'' the tradition, shan't we?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Our parents are cousins, our grandparents and grandparents great-grandparents were cousins... we'll have to continue the lineage ''and'' the tradition, shan't we?"
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** Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy, the nobility members are heavily pushed towards marrying commoners, and the children of the current king[=/=]queen are legally prevented from becoming rulers immediately afterwards.
* '''Enforced''': Any MedievalEuropeanFantasy [[TruthInTelevision ]]
* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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** Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy, the nobility members are heavily pushed towards marrying commoners, commoners and checking ancestry of their potential spouses to the furthest available extent, and the children of the current king[=/=]queen are legally prevented from becoming rulers immediately afterwards.
* '''Enforced''': Any MedievalEuropeanFantasy aiming at [[TruthInTelevision ]]
versimilitude]].
* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Our parents are cousins, our grandparents and grandparents were cousins... we'll have to continue the lineage ''and'' the tradition, shan't we?"



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"Maybe our future monarchs wouldn't be so [[RoyallyScrewedUp kooky and fragile-bodied]] if the crown prince, for once, married a commoner or a foreigner?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Those fantasy dynasties hook up with their relatives all the time. Huh, no wonder they don't tend to produce good rulers all the time..."
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*** Or, Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy.
* '''Enforced''': TruthInTelevision

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*** Or, ** Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy.
ElectiveMonarchy, the nobility members are heavily pushed towards marrying commoners, and the children of the current king[=/=]queen are legally prevented from becoming rulers immediately afterwards.
* '''Enforced''': TruthInTelevisionAny MedievalEuropeanFantasy [[TruthInTelevision ]]
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*** Or, Tropestan is an ElectiveMonarchy.
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* '''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], Princess Alice of [[TheOtherWiki Wikistan]].

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* '''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], Princess Alice of [[TheOtherWiki [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Wikistan]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': But it also reinforces the positive genetic traits the royal family is aiming for. Alice and Bob's child may have flipper hands and brittle bones, but when he opens his mouth to speak everyone is astonished by his intellect and eloquence.



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Back Oh, no, dear troper, that's not an unfocused gaze! Our beloved king is simply contemplating the future! He constantly shakes all over with vitality and passion! Those extra fingers are symbolic of how firmly he grasps the fate of the people! Drool? Nay, 'tis nobility leaking out of him. All over him. Clearly, you need go back to RoyalInbreedingRoyalInbreeding and learn a few things!



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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob marries his [[BrotherSisterIncest ''sister'']], Princess Alice; [[{{twincest}} his twin sister]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob marries his [[{{Twincest}} twin]] [[BrotherSisterIncest ''sister'']], sister]], Princess Alice; [[{{twincest}} his twin sister]] Alice



** The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no [[SuccessionCrisis dispute as to who's next in line for the crown]].

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** The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no [[SuccessionCrisis dispute as to who's next in line for the crown]].



** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage. The idea was to adopted someone into the family.

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** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage. The idea was to adopted adopt someone into the family.



** She was adopted because she illegitimate. She's Bob's ''half'' sister.

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** She was adopted because she was illegitimate. She's Bob's ''half'' sister.



* '''Implied''': Alice's and Bob's fathers look alot alike and are very close, although it's never stated whether or not the two, and by extension their married children, are biologically related.
* '''Deconstructed''': Generations of inbreeding cause many debilitating genetic disorders to crop up in the royal family tree.



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* '''Justified''': The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no [[SuccessionCrisis dispute as to who's next in line for the crown]].

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no [[SuccessionCrisis dispute as to who's next in line for the crown]].

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* '''Justified''': The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no dispute as to who's next in line for the crown.

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* '''Justified''': The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no [[SuccessionCrisis dispute as to who's next in line for the crown.crown]].
** EveryoneIsRelated anyway in this universe, so looking outside the family for a spouse is moot.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob marries his [[BrotherSisterIncest ''sister'']], Princess Alice. BonusPoints if she's his twin.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob marries his [[BrotherSisterIncest ''sister'']], Princess Alice. BonusPoints if she's Alice; [[{{twincest}} his twin. twin sister]]



** Prince Bob marries Lady Alice
** Princess Alice is not a blood relation to Bob
** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage
** Prince Bob and/or Princess Alice voice a ChildMarriageVeto, saying they'd rather MarryForLove.

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** Prince Bob marries Lady Alice
** Princess Alice is not a blood relation to Bob
marries her brother, Prince Bob, but it's later revealed that she was adopted.
** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage
** Prince Bob and/or Princess Alice voice a ChildMarriageVeto, saying they'd rather MarryForLove.
SexlessMarriage. The idea was to adopted someone into the family.



** Who is a distant relative
** But she ''is'' related to him either by marriage or by adoption
** Until the family starts putting pressure on Prince Bob to produce [[HeirClubForMen an heir]]
** While Prince Bob is ''legally'' married to Princess Alice, he's much more attracted to her sister Princess Betty, [[TheMistress has been carrying on with ''her'']], and has a child by her.
** They're each in love with attractive cousins, whom they wish to marry instead.

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** Who is a distant relative
** But
She was adopted because she ''is'' related to him either by marriage or by adoption
** Until the family starts putting pressure on Prince Bob to produce [[HeirClubForMen an heir]]
** While Prince Bob is ''legally'' married to Princess Alice, he's much more attracted to her sister Princess Betty, [[TheMistress has been carrying on with ''her'']], and has a child by her.
illegitimate. She's Bob's ''half'' sister.
** They're each in love with attractive cousins, whom they wish The family changes it's mind and starts putting pressure on Prince Bob to marry instead.produce a blood line heir.

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* '''Subverted''': Prince Bob marries Lady Alice

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Prince Bob marries Lady Alice



* '''Double Subverted''': Who is a distant relative

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Who is a distant relative



*** Alternatively, while Prince Bob is ''legally'' married to Princess Alice, he's much more attracted to her sister Princess Betty, [[TheMistress has been carrying on with ''her'']], and has a child by her.

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*** Alternatively, while ** While Prince Bob is ''legally'' married to Princess Alice, he's much more attracted to her sister Princess Betty, [[TheMistress has been carrying on with ''her'']], and has a child by her.



* '''Averted''': The Royal Family of Tropestan doesn't arrange marriages between relatives.
** Alternatively, Tropestan is not a monarchy.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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The Royal Family of Tropestan doesn't arrange marriages between relatives.
** Alternatively, Tropestan is not a monarchy.

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* '''Basic Trope''': In order to ensure a "pure" royal lineage, members of royal and noble families have {{Arranged Marriage}}s with members of their own family.

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* '''Basic Trope''': In order to ensure a "pure" royal lineage, members of royal and noble families have {{Arranged Marriage}}s with members of their own family.
family.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???
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*'''Basic Trope''': In order to ensure a "pure" royal lineage, members of royal and noble families have {{Arranged Marriage}}s with members of their own family.

*'''Straight''': Prince Bob, the crown prince of Tropestan marries his [[KissingCousins first cousin]], Princess Alice of [[TheOtherWiki Wikistan]].
*'''Exaggerated''': Prince Bob marries his [[BrotherSisterIncest ''sister'']], Princess Alice. BonusPoints if she's his twin.
*'''Downplayed''': Prince Bob marries Princess Alice, who is his 3rd cousin, twice removed.
*'''Justified''': The Royal Family of Tropestan wants to ensure a pure royal lineage, so that titles and property stay within the family, and so that there is no dispute as to who's next in line for the crown.
*'''Inverted''': Prince Bob marries Alice, [[RagsToRoyalty a commoner]], who is not even tangentially related to the royal family.
*'''Subverted''': Prince Bob marries Lady Alice
** Princess Alice is not a blood relation to Bob
** The marriage is a SexlessMarriage
** Prince Bob and/or Princess Alice voice a ChildMarriageVeto, saying they'd rather MarryForLove.
*'''Double Subverted''': Who is a distant relative
** But she ''is'' related to him either by marriage or by adoption
** Until the family starts putting pressure on Prince Bob to produce [[HeirClubForMen an heir]]
*** Alternatively, while Prince Bob is ''legally'' married to Princess Alice, he's much more attracted to her sister Princess Betty, [[TheMistress has been carrying on with ''her'']], and has a child by her.
** They're each in love with attractive cousins, whom they wish to marry instead.
*'''Parodied''': The royal family tree doesn't fork at all; it's just a straight column
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some members of the family marry other family members, others don't.
*'''Averted''': The Royal Family of Tropestan doesn't arrange marriages between relatives.
** Alternatively, Tropestan is not a monarchy.
*'''Enforced''': TruthInTelevision
*'''Lampshaded''': ???
*'''Invoked''': ???
*'''Exploited''': Princess Betty wants to be Prince Bob's HotConsort, so she stages an elaborate BrideAndSwitch with [[TwinSwitch her twin]] Princess Alice, who doesn't ''really'' [[ChildMarriageVeto want to marry]] [[PrinceCharmless Prince Bob]] anyway.
*'''Defied''': The laws of Tropestan specifically forbid close relatives to marry, and that includes the royal family.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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