A pair of siblings faces backlash after publicly revealing their romantic relationship and their children in Spain. However, they did not grow up together before meeting on Facebook.
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Ana Parra met her brother, Daniel, when she was 20. He was 17 when they met each other on Facebook. According to Oddity Central, Parra went on social media to create a fake profile and find her father after learning that he had remarried and had more children with another woman. When she discovered Daniel, she added him to her friends list, and the siblings developed friendships.
However, the friendship developed into something deeper between the two. “We tried to maintain that sibling relationship, which is what the canons establish, but we didn’t feel that way. There was no brotherly feeling. I met a girl who told me she was my sister and who had the same tastes as me, and I had a great time with her, but I couldn’t classify her as a sister,” Daniel explained to El Espanol.
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Their romantic relationship began after they kissed at a party and reportedly felt guilty afterward. The step-siblings hid their relationship for nine years and had two children together. However, they decided to make their relationship public so they could legally get married.
“Society is governed by moral norms, and our morality, deep down, prevented us from taking that step. And it is nonsense, since, if you think about it, our relationship is like any other, except for a family book that says that we are blood brothers,” Daniel said.
The Spanish Civil Code prohibits marriage between direct blood relatives, but incest is not considered a crime in 1978.
In Spain, sexual intercourse between close relatives is considered incest and is prohibited by law. Specifically, Article 209 of the Spanish Penal Code criminalizes sexual acts between ascendants and descendants, whether they are related by blood or adoption, and between siblings, whether by full or half-blood. The penalty for committing incest in Spain can range from one to three years of imprisonment, which can be increased if the victim is a minor or if the offender abuses his or her position of authority or trust.
It is also worth noting that Spain recognizes same-sex marriages, so the law applies equally to same-sex couples who engage in incestuous acts.
However, Ana and Daniel want to clarify that they are not making incest normal but just want to tell their story heard.
“We simply tell our personal story; we do not claim anything. It happened to us, it’s something unusual, and that’s it. Many people think that we are crazy for defending this type of relationship and that we violate morality, and it is not like that; we only tell what happened to us.”