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truthpusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 10:57 PM Original message |
First cousins get married in Maryland |
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Devlzown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought marriage was for procreation. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Einstein was |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. His second wife |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Well he offered |
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Gasping4Truth (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. As was Wernher von Braun |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't know why the date line is Altoona, PA. The county seat for Blair |
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Momof1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Channel 10 said Logan township |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. If I recall correctly, Logan Township is located between Hollidaysburg |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Rudy Giuliani was married to a cousin |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Franklin and Eleanor |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Mary Stewart and Henry Stuart |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. About half of the states allow first cousins to marry, according to statel |
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lavenderdiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. its legal in Texas... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Any experts here? Just curious... |
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lavenderdiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:29 PM Original message |
mostly its uneducated opinion... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thanks, I read about it in one of Durant's books. |
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kutastha (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. birth defects |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. According to those numbers |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. It does increase the chance of certain recessive genetic disorders |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
60. Or Royal, then genetics don't matter. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. It was believed that there is more |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. Basic genetics |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
64. No valid scientific reasons. Economic ones. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Marriage of 1st cousins was a rather common practice - |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. My scandalous family tree |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Quite honestly - |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Of course, there wouldn't be an increased risk for genetic defect |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. But it was specifically illegal in Britain for most of the 19th century |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. that's interesting |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. That's if the brother is still alive, then leave his wife alone. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm not talking about biblical times |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. OK, I missunderstood you. Sorry. NT |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. I would shank my brother if he ever suggested such a thing to me |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. right, in 19th century |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-05 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Incest is a family affair!" |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I married my third cousin. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Ouch, family reunions must be rough |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. His mother is nicer now. We exchange Xmas cards. |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. The neighbor? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. of all the people in this world |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Most people don't know their third cousins. |
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Cicero (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. "I'm my own Grandpa!" (nt) |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Couldn't resist the explanation. . . . |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. actually I have mapped it out! |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Relatively speaking... |
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kimchi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. My cousins did it. |
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WearyOne (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. cousins in British & European Royal families often marry |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Which may explain a lot about the British and European Royal Families? |
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WearyOne (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. which is why they bring in outside blood like Camilla ..mmmm??? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Camilla is the outside blood to which Chuck desires to be a tampon! |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. I think her age is a factor to their getting married. |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. That's how the gene for hemophaelia became dominant |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. Forbidding Cousins to Marry was a Catholic Medieval Concept |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 04:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I've been wondering if there were other related reasons |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. To a degree yes, The medieval Church also wanted to keep its own assets |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. My great-grandparents did it, and the results were not pretty |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. My great-great-grandparents did it. You won't believe their names... |
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shantipriya (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
33. First cousins marrying |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Are they forcing you to marry your cousin? |
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lavenderdiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. thanks dolo amber |
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WarNoMore (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
44. It was very common in my family; |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Lol! |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
52. Time for a Constitutional Amendment! |
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lavenderdiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. they already do.... n/t |
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umass1993 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Lots of people have genetic "Defects'" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm from Kentucky |
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blueheeler (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
57. Wasn't gay marriage...... |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. First Cousin Marriage is legal in NYS |
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Lab2112 (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-30-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. RE: First cousins get married in Maryland |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. this marriage is statistically |
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captain crunch (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
69. Isn't this incest ? |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. No. Not incest. Legal in half the states. NT |
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wildflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. Boy am I glad I kept reading |
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