Cross-cousin marriage: where it is practiced and what it is meant to preserve

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What makes some cultures treat cousins as siblings and forbid marriage between them? Why parallel cousins and cross cousins are treated differently in many cultures What counts as incest across kinship systems and why the taboo is not universal Why do some societies call all cousins by the same term they use for siblings? Cousinhood on your mother's side vs your father's side: why the counts differ Cousin terminology decides how many people you end up calling cousin Iroquois vs Hawaiian kinship terminology: what changes for marriage rules Cousin marriage rates vary hugely by country: what drives the difference? First cousin vs second cousin vs first cousin once removed explained Clan exogamy in a village where everyone is already related: who is still marriageable?