Hey fellow kings, generals and sultans!

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I just started a new Sicilian campaign, my first one in many many months. The situation is as follows:
My first king just passed away. He left behind a son and three daughters. The son is now the king and one daughter is married to HRE prince. The second daughter has just recently come to age and she is hot!
The second king seemed to be unable to produce a single son. He has one daughter but he seems to prefer fighting to making kids... The king had to adopt a promising young man to be the heir since he was the only male member in the family tree. The king was fighting in southern Italy and should he have died, it would have been the end of the game.
Now I wish to marry the adopted son, the heir. The second daughter of the first king would be a lovely bride...

The question is: Do the descendants get inbred traits if I marry the adopted heir to the daughter of my first king? Is it even possible in the game? Genetically they are not relatives so this wouldn't be a problem in real life. However, I do not know how the game treats adopted family members. And I'd like to keep the family line free of bad traits.

Any help would be appreciated - Guru

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It should be safe...but if you let him find one himself you may get another man when she marries.

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The problem is that neither the heir or the daughter get any marriage proposals. So I thought the prince would get some good traits from the gracious daughter. And the descendants (future kings and princesses etc) would benefit from having a top-notch father and beautiful and smart mother, too. The downside might be that the descendats could be deranged zombies if the game treats adopted members like real family members.

- Guru

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I haven't seen any inbred traits MTW2, although I don't marry princesses to generals or family members very often, si that could be why.

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The game notes bloodline, so your character's kids are fine.
The adopted son is not related to any characters on the tree and marrying his adopter's sister isn't going to change that.

There is however always a 1% chance to get Inbred even if unrelated.

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Ok, thanks for your input. Especially FactionHeir, that was what I was after, thanks.

Cheers, Guru

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