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==Cousin Couples==
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'''Cousin couples''' are [[marriage]]s between a man and a woman who are related through one of their parents. Though uncommon today, many states still allow first cousins to marry. The rest only require the couple be second cousins, or further apart.
  
Cousin couples are marriages between a man and a woman who are related through one of their parents. Though uncommon today, many states still allow first cousins to marry. The rest only require the couple be second cousins, or further apart.
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=== Biblical basis for cousin marriage ===
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* [[Isaac]] married [[Rebekah]], his first cousin once removed. ([[Genesis]] 24:12-51)
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* [[Jacob]] married two of his cousins, [[Rachel]] and [[Leah]]. (Genesis chapters 28-29)
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* Zelophehad's five orphaned daughters were commanded by God to marry cousins. (Numbers 36:11 ''For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons'')
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* Eleazar's daughters each married first cousins, as they were commanded. (1 Chronicles 23:22)
  
==Where Cousin Marriage is Allowed==
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==Where cousin marriage is allowed==
 
*[[Alabama]]
 
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*[[Alaska]]
 
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*[[South Carolina]]
 
*[[South Carolina]]
 
*[[Tennessee]]
 
*[[Tennessee]]
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*[[Utah]]
 
*[[Utah]]
 
*[[Vermont]]
 
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==Famous Couple Cousins==
 
==Famous Couple Cousins==
[[Charles Darwin]] and [[Emma Wedgewood]], first cousin
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*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
[[Albert Einstein]] and [[Elsa lowenthal]], first and second cousins
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*[[Charles Darwin]] and [[Emma Wedgewood]], first cousin
[[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Regina Peruggi]], second cousins
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*[[Albert Einstein]] and [[Elsa lowenthal]], first and second cousins
[[Muhammad]] and [[Zaynab bint Jahsh]], first cousins
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*[[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Regina Peruggi]], second cousins
[[H. G.. Wells]] and [[Isabell Mary Wells]], first cousins
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*[[Muhammad]] and [[Zaynab bint Jahsh]], first cousins
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*[[H. G. Wells]] and [[Isabell Mary Wells]], first cousins
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[[Category:Marriage]]

Latest revision as of 02:06, August 24, 2017

Cousin couples are marriages between a man and a woman who are related through one of their parents. Though uncommon today, many states still allow first cousins to marry. The rest only require the couple be second cousins, or further apart.

Biblical basis for cousin marriage

  • Isaac married Rebekah, his first cousin once removed. (Genesis 24:12-51)
  • Jacob married two of his cousins, Rachel and Leah. (Genesis chapters 28-29)
  • Zelophehad's five orphaned daughters were commanded by God to marry cousins. (Numbers 36:11 For Mahlal, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons)
  • Eleazar's daughters each married first cousins, as they were commanded. (1 Chronicles 23:22)

Where cousin marriage is allowed

Famous Couple Cousins