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Solly Mack

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62. Yes. My Aunt and my first cousin (blood Aunt and blood niece) married brothers.
Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:58 PM
Jul 2015

My first cousin's kid was both a first and second cousin to my Aunt's kids. First cousins through the Fathers and second cousins through my first cousin - blood Aunt. My Aunt was an aunt to my first cousin and a great-aunt to her kid, as well as aunt to the first cousin's kid by marriage - through her husband.

My Aunt and my first cousin were sister-in-laws. My first cousin was both aunt (by marriage) and first cousin (by blood) to my Aunt's children.The brothers they married were also brother-in-laws to each other, as well as Uncles to each other's kids. My aunt's husband was also a great-uncle to his brother's kid.


People try to make it convoluted when it really isn't. Same rules of relation apply, and if you can understand Aunt/Uncle - first cousins/subsequent cousins, then it's easy to follow.

Never had a cousin marry a cousin though.

The example in the "Note": are double first cousins...double cousins come in other forms as well.

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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
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