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Several states of the United States prohibit cousin marriage. [1] [2] As of February 2014, 24 U.S. states prohibit marriages between first cousins, 19 U.S. states allow marriages between first cousins, and seven U.S. states allow only some marriages between first cousins. [3] Five states prohibit first-cousin-once-removed marriages. [4]
Data on cousin marriage in the United States is sparse. It was estimated in 1960 that 0.2% of all marriages between Roman Catholics were between first or second cousins, but no more recent nationwide studies have been performed. [159] It is unknown what proportion of that number were first cousins, which is the group facing marriage bans.
In re the Marriage of Earl E. Adams: December 31, 1979: Supreme Court of Montana: Held that a first cousin marriage in Montana, where it was prohibited and where the courts were bound to declare it as void, was indeed void. The wife received no portion of the estate. In the Matter of the Estate of Owen C. Loughmiller, Deceased: June 10, 1981
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Can you marry your cousin in South Carolina? Here’s what the law says.
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first cousins (which is counted as fourth degree of kinship in Roman civil law tradition) In Imperial China (221 BCE to 1912), marriage between first cousins was partially allowed. Marrying the child of one’s paternal aunt, maternal uncle, or maternal aunt was generally accepted in Chinese history during most of China’s dynastic era.
A bill prohibiting marriage between first cousins is headed to the Tennessee governor’s desk after the state house overwhelmingly voted to pass the measure Thursday.