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City Lights

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52. Yes!

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:13 PM

Jul 2015

Two of my cousins (male brothers) married two sisters. The sisters they married grew up down the street from where I grew up. One couple has three children - twin girls and a boy, and the other couple has a girl and a boy.

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Do you know of any "double-cousins"? [View all] Renew Deal Jul 2015 OP

I didn't even know what it meant until I read that note. NaturalHigh Jul 2015 #1

Yes, sisters of one family married brothers of another family. My father had double first cousins. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #2

I have two (they are sisters) CatWoman Jul 2015 #25

That's correct............. truegrit44 Jul 2015 #46

is that like republican inbreeding?? Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #3

No. It is getting together with the sibling of your sib's spouse,Your kids are cousins on both sides uppityperson Jul 2015 #10

It isn't inbreeding, it is siblings of one unrelated marrying siblings from another family. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #55

Wait, what? Xyzse Jul 2015 #4

Cousin marriage is the norm in the middle east, africa, central asia and Indian subcontinent AngryAmish Jul 2015 #28

I meant in those states. Xyzse Jul 2015 #29

Western perspective. AngryAmish Jul 2015 #32

I guess so... Xyzse Jul 2015 #35

WWI was basically a family squabble, since the European royals kept marrying within the tblue37 Jul 2015 #61

It's still bad news when your family tree does not branch Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #69

It's perfectly legal and it's not inbreeding. xmas74 Jul 2015 #67

Not all double cousins are the product of cousins marrying sufrommich Jul 2015 #5

I am one the same way you are, sufrommich. susanna Jul 2015 #20

It's even harder to explain to outsiders. sufrommich Jul 2015 #26

Exactly! But it makes family reunions easier. susanna Jul 2015 #54

This is what is meant as double cousins, nothing nasty or bad about this. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #56

The people in the OP aren't the product of cousins marrying, either muriel_volestrangler Jul 2015 #57

High five to another double cousin! xmas74 Jul 2015 #68

I know one set. Their fathers are brothers, moms sisters, from different families uppityperson Jul 2015 #6

I guess the real question is does anyone know of double cousins marrying. Renew Deal Jul 2015 #14

I'm slightly confused by your header. SheilaT Jul 2015 #44

Dads are brothers, sibs from 1 birth family. Moms are sisters, sibs from another birth family uppityperson Jul 2015 #45

Okay. So more or less run-of-the-mill double cousins. SheilaT Jul 2015 #48

My mother and her sister married my father and uncle. They had no children though so I had no monmouth4 Jul 2015 #7

Close Renew Deal Jul 2015 #13

I'd never even heard of this. n/t gollygee Jul 2015 #8

Liked that one didja? jberryhill Jul 2015 #9

Yes Renew Deal Jul 2015 #16

That wasn't all that uncommon when families were large, closeupready Jul 2015 #11

exactly shanti Jul 2015 #51

Yes GummyBearz Jul 2015 #12

It's not that common for two brothers to marry two sisters, MineralMan Jul 2015 #15

It could also be a brother and sister from one family marry a brother and sister from another family Renew Deal Jul 2015 #21

Yes, absolutely. Probably an equally common combination. MineralMan Jul 2015 #36

Yes, and it would make for simpler holiday plans. Renew Deal Jul 2015 #39

Yes, I suppose so. MineralMan Jul 2015 #40

I think double cousins were more common in an earlier time, No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #17

I think it's also more common in small, rural communities. MineralMan Jul 2015 #22

I can understand how first cousins can be "interested" in one another, No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #31

First cousin relationships and marriages aren't that uncommon, MineralMan Jul 2015 #38

It probably isn't bad for it too appear once in a while in a family tree 1939 Jul 2015 #42

I think it would be rather rare, really. MineralMan Jul 2015 #43

Absolutely Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #18

I have double cousins, or at leas that is how we have been identifed. Skidmore Jul 2015 #19

No, but I know some identical cousins KamaAina Jul 2015 #23

LOL! Indeed. MineralMan Jul 2015 #27

I have a few in my family, two that I can think of off-hand. DawgHouse Jul 2015 #24

Yes, I do. Though I've never heard the term "double cousins" before. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2015 #30

I do know a step-brother and sister who married. MineralMan Jul 2015 #33

Yes, Sherman A1 Jul 2015 #34

My two (paternal) uncles married a pair of sisters. LeftinOH Jul 2015 #37

Your cousins could not marry in NC, Renew Deal Jul 2015 #41

My question about the map is SheilaT Jul 2015 #47

Here's a link: MineralMan Jul 2015 #49

Thank you. SheilaT Jul 2015 #50

Yes! City Lights Jul 2015 #52

Definitely have that in my family. MANative Jul 2015 #53

My great grandparents angryvet Jul 2015 #58

My father's brother married my mother's sister. No genetic relatives married, but I have 5 Squinch Jul 2015 #59

my grandmother and her sister married brothers (n/t) Retrograde Jul 2015 #60

Yes. My Aunt and my first cousin (blood Aunt and blood niece) married brothers. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #62

My grandparents on my mom's side MiniMe Jul 2015 #63

Sure, though it has nothing to do with your map Recursion Jul 2015 #64

I have one. xmas74 Jul 2015 #65

Two of my greataunts on my father's side married brothers. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2015 #66