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Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by nkrisc on Sunday May 01, 2016 @09:21AM (#11606056)
I can't find the source, but I read about a study done with women where they smelled sweaty shirts from unrelated men or their brothers or fathers. Across the board they rated the shirts from their blood relatives as smelling worse than the others. The theory was that people with different genetics have different makeups of microbes living on their skin, making them smell different than you.

I like the way my wife smells, and we certainly share no relatives for many, many generations.

Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by wshing on Sunday May 01, 2016 @09:31AM (#11606089)
Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by losty on Sunday May 01, 2016 @11:22AM (#11606506)
I'm curious if there is a similar relationship with farts. I find those of my family particularly unpleasant.
Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by pboutros on Sunday May 01, 2016 @07:14PM (#11608272)
I, for one, would fund this study, if only for the joy of knowing that it is occurring.
Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by thesz on Sunday May 01, 2016 @06:59PM (#11608228)
I need to point to this result: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080207140855.h...

"Third Cousins Have Greatest Number Of Offspring, Data From Iceland Shows"

Because some of studies (of smell) contradict with others (on fertility).

Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by aaron695 on Sunday May 01, 2016 @11:22AM (#11606501)
Re:If You Can't Smell Him, Can You Love Him? by Cyph0n on Sunday May 01, 2016 @10:25AM (#11606285)
Oh damn, and I'm engaged to an indirect relative haha!