Father and Teen Daughter Go Public About Incestuous Relationship

 

 In the U.S incest is illegal, but in Spain there are no laws forbidding it if it’s consensual on the part of both parties. Spain is exactly where an unlikely couple has come out about their incestuous relationship.

The 36-year-old father, only named as Cris, and the 18-year-old daughter, known only as Sara, insist they

are in a loving relationship and should be allowed to bring up the girl, who is also the man’s granddaughter.

Authorities, however, took the baby into their care within hours after birth. Temporary custody of the child has been awarded to the state because of the father’s past abusive relationship with his ex-wife, who is his daughter’s mother.

When asked how their relationship became sexual, Cris was open in answering.

“Our relationship started like they all do, with flirting, getting along and then trust,” he said. “We may be father and daughter but she has never seen me as a parent because I am much more like a friend than a father figure.”

Sara insists that she’d be a good mother and has a lot of experience with kids, having helped raise her younger siblings. But that doesn’t seem to be the issue here, obviously.

“My relationship may be unusual,” she says, “but it would be worse for a child to be given up for adoption or grow up in a center. People say (the relationship) is wrong, well I respect their opinion but I do not care.”

Do you think these two should be allowed to raise their baby together?