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A diagram showing family relations in Crusader Kings III

The Family of a character consists of their relatives, both closer and more distant. A character's grandparents, parents, siblings (including half-siblings), children and grandchildren are considered Close Family while uncles, aunts, first cousins, nephews and nieces are considered Extended Family. More often than not, most family members belong to the same Dynasty.

A character will gain  Stress if a parent or sibling dies before the age of 65.

Opinion modifiers

Characters within the same dynasty and especially close family have an  Opinion bonus with each other. However the bonus is only given to public connections, secret family relations do not give any bonuses. In scenarios where a character has multiple relations to another all relevant modifiers are applied.

Relation	Opinion
Parent-Child	+50
Sibling (includes half-siblings)	+25
Spouse (includes secondary spouses)	+25
Same Dynasty	+5

Marriage

Marriage in CKIII is the legal union between two opposite gender characters in a personal relationship. Only characters who are at least 16 years old may marry. If either character is too young, the two prospective partners may enter a betrothal instead until both parties come of age.

Spouses, concubines and consorts who are fertile are able to have legitimate children. Normally, children in a marriage belong to the father's house. However, in a matrilineal marriage, children are born of the mother's house. Moreover, marriage is one of the two main ways to form an  Alliance with other characters.

A faith's doctrines affects who a character may marry, how many official partners they may have and whether marriage may be ended in divorce:

• The Consorts & Concubines marriage type doctrine allows rulers to have up to three consorts or concubines, alongside their spouse. Children born of consorts or concubines gain the Child of Consort/Concubine trait. Unlike marriage, concubinage does not yield alliances; however, consorts and concubines can be set aside at will without the need for divorce.
• Consanguinity doctrine determines the legality of incestuous marriage.
• Marriage may be ended subject to divorce doctrine. The target of the divorce gains −25 Opinion (Divorced Me) for 50 years with their ex-spouse, while their close family members gain −5 Opinion (Divorced Close Family) for 5 years. Divorced characters may remarry.

Polygamy

With the Polygamous marriage type doctrine, characters may marry one spouse, and rulers, (depending on their View on Gender doctrine, may additionally have up to three secondary spouses. If two married rulers have the Polygamous doctrine and are allowed to do so by the gender doctrine, they may have multiple spouses each. With the Equal gender doctrine, there is no existing restriction on having the same spouse(s) as another ruler.

Any spouse who follows a Faith that has the Monogamous doctrine will suffer −40  Opinion. Monogamous spouses who were previously in a polygamous marriage (e.g. a secondary spouse was divorced) will still suffer −20  Opinion for 20 years. Any monogamous close relatives will suffer a similar −20  Opinion modifier. Spouses with the Consorts & Concubines doctrine or Polyamory tenet do not suffer similar penalties. When arranging marriages, prospective spouses who would become part of a polygamous marriage and do not believe in polygamy suffer a marriage acceptance penalty of Dynasty.

Rulers receive a penalty of −0.5 monthly piety per missing spouse if they are under the expected spouse amount for their title tier:

Title tier	Expected spouses
Unlanded	1
Baron	1
Count	1
Duke	2
King	3
Emperor	4

Marriage acceptance

In order to successfully arrange marriages with AI characters, the player must reach a marriage acceptance score of at least +1 for the prospective spouses. Below is a list containing all possible conditions that affect marriage acceptance:

Condition	Marriage acceptance
Weak hook	+100
Strong hook	+200, or auto-accept
Promising Prospects Perk	+50 (self) +25 (family member)
Dynasty Glory Perk	+30
Arranging own marriage	−15
Is player's heir	+20 (primary heir) +10 (other heirs)
Desires alliance	Varied
Does not want alliance	−100
Marrying up	+30 for each difference in title rank
Marrying down	−30 for each difference in title rank (if AI is King) −40 for each difference in title rank (if AI is not King)
Opinion	+0.25 per  opinion (round down) with prospective spouse +0.75 per  opinion (round down) with marriage offerer
Wishes well for Lovers	+15
Prospective spouses love each other and AI has compassion greater than zero	+0.25 per AI compassion
Candidate is Lowborn	−20 −120 (if recipient is not lowborn themselves)
Candidate's Level of Splendor	+(Level of Splendor * 5 - 5)
Incorrect marriage (patrilineal/matrilineal)	Varied
Different faith	−10 −25 (faith considered astray or hostile) −1000 (faith considered evil)
Faith does not have polygamy doctrine or polyamory tenet and potential spouse would belong in a polygamous marriage.	−1000
Age Considerations	Varied
The marriage will have Low Fertility	Varied
Unimportant courtier	+10
Important courtier	−10
Prospective spouse is a parent of recipient's children	−25
Player is AI's liege	+40 (general) +60 (marriage with liege)
Valuable claimant	−50
Claimant to one of AI's titles	−50
Intimidated	Varied
Terrified	Varied
Character is dear to AI	Varied
The marriage would be incestuous	−1000
Age of recipient	+(Recipient age − 20)
Spouse councillor - boosted child or heir	+50 +75 (if heir)

Adultery

Having a lover outside of marriage creates a Lover secret. If it is revealed, it may result in the two lover characters gaining the Fornicator and Adulterer traits, depending on the faith's / adultery doctrines. Children known to be born out of wedlock gain Bastard (trait), or Wild Oat if their faith has the No Bastards bastardry doctrine. If a bastard successfully becomes landed, they gain the Bastard founder trait.

Incest

Incest is sexual activity between family members. A faith's Consanguinity doctrine determines the legality of incestuous marriage. Characters having an incestuous relation that would not be allowed in marriage gain the Is Incestuous secret, and if exposed the Incestuous trait. Any form of incestuous relation, legal or not, may risk producing inbred offspring.

The Divine Marriage tenet provides bonuses to incestuous marriages.

Relatives are harder to seduce unless the target character's Faith accepts such an incestuous relation or the seducer has the Subtle Desire perk ( Seducer tree).

Trait inheritance

Congenital traits can be inherited by a character's offspring. Although congenital traits must be visible (active) to provide stat bonuses and other effects, a character may also carry recessive (inactive) traits which are invisible, yet can still be inherited by one's children.

There are some traits that are inherited by children, but do not use the active/inactive inheritance mechanic. In the context of this section, the term congenital trait excludes such traits. It also does not include traits that are non-genetic, yet inheritable.

Chance of active inheritance

The chances of inheriting a congenital trait as an active trait is based on what version (active or inactive) the parents have:

Mother Father	None	Inactive	Active
None	0%	2%	25%
Inactive	2%	10%	50%
Active	25%	50%	80%

Chance of inactive inheritance

If the child does not inherit actively, there is a chance that they will inherit the trait as an inactive trait instead:

Mother Father	None	Inactive	Active
None	0%	25%	75%
Inactive	25%	50%	100%
Active	75%	100%	150%

General logic for trait with tiers inheritance

1. Start from highest trait
2. Calculate active chance. Lower tiers ( including inactive ) count as inactive of the tier. Each level down beyond the first multiplies chance by a define
3. If active, use it; DONE
4. Otherwise, go down a tier, if inactive pretend 1 more parent has that tier active, otherwise 1 more parent has it inactive.GOTO 2

When trying to inherit a tiered genetic trait, and the other person has one of lower tier, we pretend that means they've got the higher tier one recessively, and reduce the chance of inheritance by 20% per tier further down than 1 the other parent's trait is.

When going down a tier, add 40%.

List of congenital traits

The table below contains all genetic traits that use the inheritance mechanism as described above. This list does not contain traits such as  Sayyid, which can be inherited from a character's non-biological parent (in the case of secret bastards), or  Inbred which uses a custom inheritance chance. The natural prevalence column denotes the likelihood of any character being born with the trait if it is not inherited from their parents. For every trait with natural prevalence, the same value can be assumed for random prevalence (i.e. for generated characters). Note that some traits cannot be inherited at the same time since they are incompatible; such traits are indicated if they belong in the same group.

Trait	Natural prevalence (%)	Group	Notes
Melancholic (genetic variant)	0.5	-	If inherited on birth, it is initially hidden.
Lunatic (genetic variant)	0.5	-	If inherited on birth, it is initially hidden.
Possessed (genetic variant)	0.5	-	If inherited on birth, it is initially hidden.
Homely	0.5	Beauty
Ugly	0.25	Beauty
Hideous	0.15	Beauty
Comely	0.5	Beauty
Pretty / Handsome	0.25	Beauty
Beautiful	0.15	Beauty
Slow	0.5	Intelligence
Stupid	0.25	Intelligence
Imbecile	0.05	Intelligence
Quick	0.5	Intelligence
Intelligent	0.25	Intelligence
Genius	0.05	Intelligence
Delicate	0.5	Physique
Frail	0.25	Physique
Feeble	0.15	Physique
Hale	0.5	Physique
Robust	0.25	Physique
Amazonian / Herculean	0.15	Physique
Fecund	0 at birth, unknown for generation	Fertility
Club-footed	0.5	-	Also gained via inbreeding.
Hunchbacked	0.5	-	Also gained via inbreeding.
Lisping	0.5	-
Stuttering	0.5	-
Dwarf	0.5	Stature	Also gained via inbreeding.
Giant	0.5	Stature	Also gained via inbreeding.
Spindly	0.5	Physique (incompatible with good traits)	Also gained via inbreeding.
Scaly	0.5	-	Also gained via inbreeding.
Albino	0.5	-
Wheezing	0.5	-	Also gained via inbreeding.
Bleeder	0.5	-	Also gained via inbreeding.
Barren / Sterile	0.5	Fertility	Also gained via inbreeding.

List of other inherited traits

こちらも参照: Descendant traits

The following list contains all other traits that use a separate inheritance mechanic. For entries without a chance to inherit value for both parents, assume the value for single parent.

Trait	Chance to inherit (%)		Notes
	Single parent	Both parents
Great Pox	10	-
Lover's Pox	10	-
Pure-blooded	15	75	Gained initially through inbreeding.
Inbred	15	-	Gained initially through inbreeding.
Sayyid	100	-	Only inherited from apparent father.
Saoshyant /  Saoshyant Descendant	100	-	When parent has  Saoshyant,  Saoshyant Descendant is inherited instead.
Paragon /  Consecrated Blood	100	-	When parent has  Paragon,  Consecrated Blood is inherited instead.
The Savior /  Divine Blood	100	-	When parent has  The Savior,  Divine Blood is inherited instead.

Inbreeding

Inbreeding is the process of two related characters having children together. For these purposes, related characters are those who share a common ancestor. Such children can be born with negative congenital traits even if neither parent has them, or the Inbred trait in advanced cases. However, there is a small chance for the child to gain the  Pure-blooded trait instead.

In the first generation, small-scale incest such as cousin marriage may not have a massive immediate impact. Nonetheless, repeated instances over successive generations may have an accumulative effect through negative inherited traits and a narrowed gene pool.

Chance of inbreeding

A line graph showing chance of inbreeding based on common ancestors.

The chance of a child being considered inbred can be found from the product of the following:

• Number of common ancestors
• Inbreeding factor based on number of common ancestors
• Inbreeding chance modifier. Currently, only the  Pure-blooded trait provides such an effect.

Common ancestors

The more common ancestors two parents have within four generations (up to their great-great grandparents, and including themselves), the more likely their children will be inbred. Some potential incestuous marriages are noted below. The value provided for common ancestors assumes that ancestors were otherwise non-incestuous and monogamous. Cousins are not removed. Additionally, the value is relative to the breeding couple.

Relation	Common ancestors	Explanation
Full siblings	30 (maximum possible)	By definition, (full) siblings share parents, and thus by extension all other ancestors. The maximum amount of shared ancestors from n generations can be found from [math]\displaystyle{ \text{Max Shared Ancestors} = 2 ^ {n + 1} - 2 }[/math], thus being 30 from 4 generations. Or, written out, full siblings share both parents (2), two sets of grandparents (4), four sets of great grandparents (8) and eight sets of great-great grandparents (16).
Parent-child	15	In the case of a partner being the other partner's ancestor, they are counted as a common ancestor. As a result, the common ancestors are the following (perspective is child/parent): parent/self (1), one set of grandparents/both parents (2), two sets of great-grandparents/standard grandparents (4), four sets of great-great grandparents/great grandparents (8). Note that the parent's great-great grandparents are the child's 3×-great grandparents, and are therefore not counted.
Half siblings	15	They share one parent, and therefore share only half of the maximum amount of ancestors. Alternatively, they share one parent (1), one set of grandparents (2), two sets of great grandparents (4) and four sets of great-great grandparents (8).
First cousins	14	First cousins share grandparents (2), two sets of great grandparents (4) and four sets of great-great grandparents (8).
Uncle-niece/aunt-nephew	14	Similar to first cousins, but rather than sharing grandparents, the sibling's grandparents are the uncle/aunt's parents. Note that since the uncle/aunt's great-great grandparents are the sibling’s 3×-great grandparents, who are 5 generations away from the sibling’s perspective, they are not counted.
Second cousins	6	Second cousins share one set of great grandparents (2) and two sets of great-great grandparents (4).
Third cousins	2	Third cousins share one set of great-great grandparents.

Inbreeding factor

The inbreeding factor for a given amount of common ancestors can be found through the following:

Common ancestors	Factor	Chance before modifiers
0-14	0.33	Between 0% and 4.62%
15-16	0.75	Between 11.25% and 12%
17-19	1	Between 17% and 19%
20-21	2	Between 40% and 42%
22-30	3	Between 66% and 90%

Effect of Pure-blooded on inbreeding

The Pure-blooded trait provides −50% chance of inbreeding per parent. If two parents have the Pure-blooded trait, this effect combines to no chance of gaining traits due to inbreeding. Note that this excepts the chance of gaining the Pure-blooded trait naturally, as well as the inheritance of such traits via parents. It is unknown whether the Pure-blooded trait has an effect on gaining the Inbred trait.

Traits gained from inbreeding

The following traits may be gained from inbreeding. Note that these general inbred traits may also be gained naturally and are congenital. Offspring only have a chance to gain these traits as a result of inbreeding if their parents do not possess any of these traits (plus the  Inbred trait). The traits below appear equally likely.

•  Barren / Sterile
•  Scaly
•  Club-footed
•  Wheezing
•  Spindly
•  Giant
•  Hunchbacked
•  Bleeder
•  Dwarf

Additionally, there are two traits that may only be gained initially through inbreeding and have special requirements: Inbred and Pure-blooded.

Inbred

The  Inbred trait may be inherited from one's parents. It may also be gained if a character with a general inbred trait has children with someone with whom they share a common ancestor. The chance of gaining the Inbred trait as a result of this is unknown. Note that even with highly incestuous marriages, no children will gain the Inbred trait if the parents do not possess any of the enabling traits.

Pure-blooded

The Pure-blooded trait may be inherited from one's parents. Otherwise, it may be gained naturally. Similar to the chance of inbreeding, the chance of gaining the  Pure-blooded trait naturally is based on the number of common ancestors, multiplied by the corresponding level factor for that amount of common ancestors:

The inbreeding traits overwrite the  Pure-blooded trait, thus the chance for a child to have the  Pure-blooded trait by gaining it naturally is equal to the chance of not getting an inbreeding trait multiplied by the chance to get the  Pure-blooded trait. This chance is maximized at 22 common ancestors for a value of 2.24%.

Common ancestors	Factor	Final chance	Chance after Inbred roll
0-19	0	0%	0%
20-21	0.15	Between 3% and 3.15%	Between 1.8% and 1.83%
22-30	0.3	Between 6.6% and 9%	Between 2.24% and 0.9%

As a result, parents must have at least 20 common ancestors for a child to gain the  Pure-blooded trait naturally. This does not apply to inheriting it from parents.

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