They are really going for the historic accuracy, there's incest everywhere you look
I totally forgot that his parents are technically related
Luca's parents are cousins, his cousin is trying to marry him, and the fl n ml are step cousins :D
So the grandmother and grandfather of Lucas’s mother and father are blood siblings. This makes them both 2nd degree cousins(cousin’s children) from both of their branches?
The ml (forgot his name) isn't directly related to the king's blood line, so he would be a step cousin, but what you said is right!
Actually, with the help of a few spoilers + a family tree photo from the spoilers (tho technically it's not a spoiler anymore since the chapters have caught up) — ML and the Winterwald are in no way related to the royal family except for the late Princess Vanessa. ML and FL also are not step cousins since no one in the Winterwald (ML's aunt or uncle) married into the royal family bfhdbdd.
I hope I'm making sense T^T
But I meant Lucas and the black-hair daughter of the current king… Lucas is the grandson of the blood-related sister of the current king from his dad’s side. From the mother’s side Lucas is the granddaughter’s son of the blood-related aunt of the current king. Considering how Lucas’ parents are closer related than you want them to be… how their destiny entwined is crazy… out of the million women out there…
Luca is a incest baby :