Database helps Iceland residents avoid incest
By QMI Agency
Confirm your new Icelandic sweetie's not your cousin.
In an isolated country where there's only a population of about 300,000, it seems necessary to have a database to make sure a love interest isn't of any family relation.
Íslendingabók, known as the Book of Icelanders, is an online database that contains more than 1,200 years of genealogical data about the inhabitants of Iceland.
Users are able to search their name and their potential mate's name to see if they're distant cousins or not.
"The project's goal is to trace all known family connections between Icelanders from the time of the settlement of Iceland to present times and register the genealogical information in a database," it reads.
You wouldn't think this would be as big of an issue as it may be but take it from someone who has accidentally hit on their cousin, it can be quite unsettling. Of course, depending on how distant the cousin is, you might just want to give it a try. There's only so many fish in the sea and everyone could use a Valentine's Day date, even if you both have the same great great grandfather. Come to think of it, that's quite an icebreaker for Icelanders.
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