Kovu was adopted; he wasn't actually Scar's son.

Thank god. I was sitting there wondering why Kiara married her cousin.

Lions can get married. c:

But no one mentions how weird it is that Nala and Simba get married. He father isn't unknown, it's Mufasa.

Thats just over-thinking because he's the only one in the pride..

They're royalty. Incest is practically a given.

And animals.

in the animal kingdom, especially in Lion Prides, such relationships would be common.

I know, this was just funny looking at it. c:

Kovu is technically Simba's cousin. So it's like, second cousin or something.

You're actually the closest out of anyone. Since Kovu and Simba are cousins then Kiara and Kovu are "first cousins once removed". The once removed part references the generation between them. Any children that Nuka or Vitani had would be Kiara's second cousins.

Actually, it would have been her uncle...

Actually, nothing would change if he were her cousin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

ctrl+find "lion"

Animal kingdom - Your human logic applies no longer!

WELL. Now everyone's dissing me.

Married?

it would actually technically be her nephew.

Does no one understand how family lines work? Even though Kovu isn't Scar's biological son, if he were, Kovu would be Simba's cousin. Therefore, any child of Simba's would be Kovu's 1st cousin once removed. No one is the other's uncle/aunt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

"If one person's grandparent is another person's great grandparent, they are 1st cousins once removed." According to this chart, Ahadi is Kovu's grandfather and Kiara's great-grandfather.

Genealogical line. Better?

Not just showing genealogy because it shows kiara and kovu's marriage

Uuuhh... What do you mean Sarafina/Unknown? There is no other lion in pride except Mufasa...

Oh, of course Scar is there too, but no one wanted to sleep with him anyway :D

**zing**

Scar is the best one.

You would think that.

Well, he is. He's the smartest one, has cool fur colors and a bitchy accent, and plus, he's hilariously witty. Favorite character, hands down.

So... he's you. Except the fur is kind of like your hair.

It's true that we both have accents and a fondness for the color green, but the similarities end there. Well, other than hair color.

What about ruling the kingdom and killing (or trying to kill) your brother?

...good point. Sorry, selective memory.

LOL

Young male lions without a pride of their own will wander together in small groups and impregnate female lions they come into contact with. Normally the offspring of these encounters are killed by the head male lion of the pride, however. So, assuming Nala isn't Mufasa's daughter, it's very unlikely she would even be kept alive in a real lion pride.

I think people are overthinking this... It's a cartoon movie for heaven's sake! It's not meant to be 100% realistic; last time I checked, animals didn't talk.

Squick.

A series of books came out after the first movie was released that centered around Simba's son Kopa. These books included Kopa's adventures, as well as Simba's stories of the past - Mufasa's childhood, and the two kings before Mufasa, Ahadi and Mohatu. I THOUGHT Mohatu was Ahadi's dad, not Uru's, but I could be wrong. Information on the books can be found on a Lion King Wikia... thing. Also, there's one line in the second movie where Zira explains that while Kovu is NOT Scar's son, he was still hand-picked by Scar to be the next king. I don't remember where in the movie this can be found though.

You are by far the most helpful person, thank you

You're welcome! I thank my almost unhealthy obsession with the Lion King, that I read the entire Lion King Wikia, discovered the multitude of old books and then downloaded and read them all.

Where do Simba's grandparents come from? I don't remember them in either movie.

Or great grandfather for that matter...

Where did they get all this information?

AND HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS ALREADY?!?!?!?!?

After getting so many questions about it, Disney has said that Nala doesn't have an "unknown" father, but said that it's either Mufasa or Scar.

so that part in TLK Broadway when Scar wants Nala as his mate... O.O

Source?

I believe the books say nala's dad was a nomad (or lion equivalant)

Source?

Also here's more information:
http://www.lionking.org/faq...

Okay so this image/information comes from lionking.org ... http://www.lionking.org/~ki...

WOAHWOAHWOAH THIS IS WRONG. Kovu isn't Scar's biological son. Kovu was taken in, not even adopted, because he's suppose to be the chosen one.

According to the wiki (http://lionking.wikia.com/w... Kovu is Zira's son, but not with scar. So yeah, no incest.