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  • Can I marry my Aunty ?

    The topic is Academic really but interesting for me. Can't marry my sister, step-sister perhaps ? Cousin,.. probably?
    My Uncle's wife was very attractive and much fun when I was a teenager but I remember they divorced rather quickly and all contact was lost. So my 'crush' went the way of all crushes.
    Where does it say who one is allowed to marry?

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    • #3
      That's a useful Site Elaine, thank you. It looks as though I can marry my Aunty !

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      • #4
        If your aunty is no longer available then you can marry your cousin instead.

        OC

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        • #5
          Originally posted by AlanC View Post
          That's a useful Site Elaine, thank you. It looks as though I can marry my Aunty !
          Sorry to disappoint you Alan, but it says on there that you can't.
          Elaine







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          • #6
            You can only marry your step sister if you and she were brought up in different households. I always think this is rather odd - what's the difference, there's no blood relationship.

            OC

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            • #7
              No Elaine he can, because the Aunty he refers to is not his parent's sister, but only the wife of his mother or father's brother.
              Judith passed away in October 2018

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              • #8
                Apologies, didn't read the first post correctly!
                Elaine







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                • #9
                  im pretty sure you used to be able to marry a blood aunt or uncle. how can they outlaw that but not first cousins? and why is there a law against in laws or steps? weird haha

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by kylejustin View Post
                    im pretty sure you used to be able to marry a blood aunt or uncle. how can they outlaw that but not first cousins? and why is there a law against in laws or steps? weird haha
                    Probably just what society can handle up to now but nothing in relation to genetics which I believe is why the other relationships are taboo. This thread made me think of Woody Allan and the adopted daughter he had which turned into a relationship.
                    No doubt things will change as time goes by and more 'liberal' views are accepted. It sometimes needs someone to challenge these outdated conventions to get them changed though.
                    Margaret

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                    • #11
                      I couldn't find my grandmother's brother on the 1911 census although I did find his wife and their 3 young children.

                      Then I did a search for his step-children and found him living a couple of streets away with his eldest step daughter and two more little children bearing his name.

                      No wonder Granny never mentioned that she had any brothers.

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                      • #12
                        Tables of consanguinity and affinity from biblical times to the 20th century are on my website at


                        Consanguinity deals with the blood relationships and affinity with social relationships.
                        Cheers
                        Guy
                        Guy passed away October 2022

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                        • #13
                          First cousins can and do marry!
                          My elder sister's daughter married my younger sister's son.
                          They have two gorgeous children, and are very happy together.
                          I rather they married, and made a commitment, than just lived together (which there would be no legal ban on!).
                          I think everyone is entitled to happiness.

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                          • #14
                            Guy's post reminded me of long church services as a child and of relieving the boredom by reading the tables of Kindred and Affinity in my prayer book. Is this where the seeds of digging into family history first took root!;D;D;D
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                            • #15
                              Thank you all for your comments.
                              Last edited by AlanC; 18-10-11, 17:30.

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