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It has been estimated that 55% of marriages between Pakistani Muslim immigrants in the United Kingdom are between first cousins, [37] where preferential patrilateral parallel cousin marriage, i.e. a man marrying the daughter of his father's brother, is favored.
Several states of the United States prohibit cousin marriage. [1] [2] As of February 2025, 24 U.S. states prohibit marriages between first cousins, 18 U.S. states allow marriages between first cousins, and eight U.S. states (Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin) allow only some marriages between first cousins. [3]
However, there is a large increase in fertility for third and fourth cousin marriages, whose children exhibit more fitness than both unrelated individuals or second cousins. [253] The total fertility increase may be partly explained by the lower average parental age at marriage or the age at first birth, observed in consanguineous marriages.
Can you marry your cousin in South Carolina? Here’s what the law says.
Canon 109 of the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church provides that affinity is an impediment to the marriage of a couple, and is a relationship which "arises from a valid marriage, even if not consummated, and exists between a man and the blood relatives of the woman and between the woman and the blood relatives of the man."
Despite the power and strong opposition from the Russian Orthodox Church, in practice, marriages between first, second, and cousins were quite widespread among the Russian peasantry, according to one study. There were also cases of such marriages between the royal family and nobility during this time, with some marriages being nullified. [19] [18]
Endogamic marriage patterns may increase the frequency of various levels of cousin marriage in a population, and may cause high probability of children of first, second, third cousins, etcetera. If a cousin marriage has accrued in a known ancestral tree of a person, in historical time, it is referred to as pedigree collapse. This may cause ...
Similarly, the spouse of a cousin may not be called a relation at all or may be referenced as a "cousin by marriage". "By-marriage" can also be used with "uncle" or "aunt", e.g. Princess Léa of Belgium is an aunt by marriage of King Philippe of Belgium .