When Lyonel Hightower announced his intention to marry his stepmother, Samantha Hightower, the High Septon forbade the union and deemed it a form of incest. The marriage of step-relations is a contentious issue in Westeros. Although the High Septon protested against a possible marriage between Prince Maegor Targaryen and his niece Rhaena, in the north, Serena Stark had been wed to her half-uncle, Edric, while her sister Sansa Stark had been wed to her half-uncle Jonnel Stark. The views regarding marriages between an uncle and a niece (or an aunt to a nephew) might differ between the Faith and the old gods. Further, a marriage has been proposed between Robert Arryn and Sansa Stark (first cousins), to which the degree of common ancestry was not an objection. The exact degree of relations are unknown in the marriages of Jon and Rowena Arryn, Shella and Walter Whent, Benfrey and Jyanna Frey, and Alys and Jared Frey. Examples include Tywin and Joanna Lannister (first cousins), Paxter Redwyne and Mina Tyrell (first cousins), Viserys I Targaryen and Aemma Arryn (first cousins), and Rickard and Lyarra Stark (first cousins once removed).
In marriage customs, it is acceptable and in fact quite common among the nobility for first cousins to wed. However in Westeros incest is only applied if father lays with daughter, mother lays with son, or brother to sister, and the children of such unions are considered abominations. The two main religions practiced in the Seven Kingdoms, the Faith of the Seven and the old gods, consider incest to be a vile sin. Tywin and Joanna Lannister, were wedded first cousins by Bella Bergolts © Incest in the Seven Kingdoms
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