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Subject: Re: cousins marrying.
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 07:25:18 +0100
In-Reply-To: <002801bfe041$b4700700$b6657a86@phoenix.com>

Hi Trevor

We had quite a bit of correspondence on this subject a little while
ago on the list (browse the archives to view). I think the outcomes
were that (a) it is not illegal to marry your cousin in the UK . .. (I'm
afraid I can't remember if anyone said it ever has been) and (b) the
practice appears to have been very common among non-
conformists especially those who were rather well off. Reasons for
(b) were surmised as being either or both that their social circles
were restricted and/or that they wanted to keep the money in the
family.

Quite a few of us had similar examples of frequent cousin
marriages within families.

Hope this helps

Sandra

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sandra windeatt in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
interested in all WINDEATT/WINGATE/WINGET variants
URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~windeatt/name.htm

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