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It's not only about the blood relation.Step dad's brother/sister or niece/nephew would really be stretching the definition of incest. Incest is between blood relatives and the reason it's so bad is because of inbreeding, sex with step-anyone isn't biologically speaking incest. If we wanna put step-parents and siblings under the rubric of incest for legal, social or cultural reasons fine, but don't bring in other more distant step-relatives. Assuming both are consenting adults It's perfectly ok for someone to date their step-dad's sister's son/daughter.
It's also about the power and family dynamics.
I agree that the step- thing is often a cop-out to make the kink somehow more acceptable to the payment processors but still.
When it comes to blood relation and the risks of inbreeding, niece/nephew incest is so barely incest that it is fully legal and not even frowned upon in many countries.