When I first came across this pairing a few days ago, the conversation in my household went like this:
Me: "But that's incest!"
Roomie: "Are they even really cousins? I thought they weren't related by blood."
Me: "No, it's Barry and Wally that are only related by marriage. Wally and Bart are cousins."
Roomie: (grumbling slightly, because she grew up on Silver Age comics and is confused by Wally-as-Flash half the time) "How closely related are they? Because First cousin marriages are ideal in some cultures."
Me: "Wally's father's sister is Bart's father's mother."
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Me: "But that's incest!"
Roomie: "Are they even really cousins? I thought they weren't related by blood."
Me: "No, it's Barry and Wally that are only related by marriage. Wally and Bart are cousins."
Roomie: (grumbling slightly, because she grew up on Silver Age comics and is confused by Wally-as-Flash half the time) "How closely related are they? Because First cousin marriages are ideal in some cultures."
Me: "Wally's father's sister is Bart's father's mother."
Roomie: "That's what? Fifth cousins? That's definitely distant enough!"
Me: "Hmmm."
Still, very weird. Very, very weird. Partially bbcause Wally is the Straightest Man In The DCU, and partly because, dude, Bart/Preston!
Still, cute.
-Eliyes