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The objective of the present paper is to explore the gray areas of father-daughter relationship particularly the incestuous behaviour or overt or covert sexual misconduct between them. Such relationship is found in a dysfunctional family, which implies that emotional and psychological communication between family members are disturbingly impaired because apparently the family may appear nice and disciplined only to cover up the damage. But as a matter of fact father-daughter incest causes severe distress to all concerned. It is prohibited de jure but it is found de facto in families. Under legal questioning/proceedings and psychoanalytic help, incestuous fathers have been found neither criminal, nor degenerate, nor sexually psychopathic. This gross violation of father-daughter incest taboo not only creates confusion in religious order of life, kinship structures, culture and society but also poses a question mark on the nature of sexuality.