by A_Revelation 36 Replies latest social family
Actually, I wasn't kidding. My parents are first cousins. And I'm not sure what the law is exactly. They got married in 1955, I believe it was legal, it may not be legal now, not sure!
I found these links:
http://www.bartlettsociety.com/cousins.htm
Here's a link that documents where it is legal:
http://www.cousincouples.com/info/mostppl.htm
Edited by - RR on 5 August 2002 14:38:29
I was under the impression that cousin marriages are still very common in Middle Eastern and Asian countries, especially where marriages are traditionally arranged.
I was listening to a news program on the radio about how there is a growing number of immigrants who are demanding that laws be changed so they can legally continue their traditions.
I think this is just a letf-over Judeo-Christian taboo.
I'm going to vomit!!
Now I don't understand it, a brother and sister in Alabama can get married, but I can't marry my cousin? No fair!
Sunday's newspaper had a story about the Amish in PA. They do a lot of marrying at the first cousin level. Lots of birth defects.
In another news article (I can't remember which news mag it was in) a few weeks ago, they covered first cousins marrying in Pakistan. Lots of birth defects also.
The main one that stuck out was cerebal palsy.
I knew a couple in KY that were first cousins. Could not get hitched in KY so they went south. It is legal. They have one kid who seems fine....so far.
It looks like Fred is about to hock up a hair ball.
I wonder if he will turn around and eat it like most cats do.
But Freddie, marrying your cousin or even your sister was instituted by God according to the bible. You nor I nor anyone of us would be here today (according to the bible) if it wasn't for this wonderful arrangement of marrying your sister/brother and procreating. Are you saying that something instituted by God makes you want to vomit?
Here's what the law in New Zealand says:
FORBIDDEN MARRIAGES
1. A man may not marry his
(1) Grandmother:
(2) Grandfather's wife:
(3) Wife's grandmother:
(4) Father's sister:
(5) Mother's sister:
(6) Mother:
(7) Stepmother:
(8) Wife's mother:
(9) Daughter:
(10) Wife's daughter:
(11) Sons' wife:
(12) Sister:
(13) Son's daughter:
(14) Daughter's daughter
(15) Son's son's wife:
(16) Daughter's son's wife:
(17) Wife's son's daughter:
(18) Wife's daughter's daughter:
(19) Brother's daughter:
(20) Sister's daughter.
2. A woman may not marry her
(1) Grandfather:
(2) Grandmother's husband:
(3) Husband's grandfather:
(4) Father's brother:
(5) Mother's brother:
(6) Father:
(7) Stepfather:
(8) Husband's father:
(9) Son:
(10) Husband's son:
(11) Daughter's husband:
(12) Brother:
(13) Son's son:
(14) Daughter's son:
(15) Son's daughter's husband:
(16) Daughter's daughter's husband:
(17) Husband's son's son:
(18) Husband's daughter's son:
(19) Brother's son:
(20) Sister's son.
3. The foregoing provisions of this Schedule with respect to any relationship shall apply whether the relationship is by the whole blood or by the half blood. . . .
4. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "wife'' means a former wife, whether she is alive or deceased, and whether her marriage was terminated by death or divorce or otherwise; and the term "husband'' has a corresponding meaning.
Mackin
Hmmm....Woody Allen and Soon-Yi, his wife's daughter, (#10) would have been SOL.
No wonder he married her in the USA
Yeah, but that was her adopted daughter, so it was no sin, no blood relation on either part.
