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Man's Life Flipped Upside Down After Discovering Fiancé Is Actually His Cousin

24 Jul 2023 4:30 PM | Anonymous

OOOOPS! This can create a problem:

A man's entire world has been flipped upside down after discovering he is actually engaged to his cousin. He explained how he bought his 28-year-old fiancé a DNA testing kit for fun after noticing them on sale for half price. 

He thought it would make a fun and interesting gift - but never expected the results to 'change their lives forever'. Taking to Reddit, the man said: "My fiancé and I are getting married in a few months. We're extremely happy and in love.

"I'm super into ancestry and have been building out my tree. I saw a promo on Ancestry.com for a 50 per cent DNA kit and I bought one for my fiancé." A few hours ago, on a flight, he got his DNA results back. In the 'view DNA matches' section was my picture.

"It says we're third cousins. His dad, who I guess did a test years ago, came up as well. We don't know how to feel. We just landed and are now on vacation with a large group." As they're a same-sex couple, there's no concern about this impacting their future children but they're worried how their families will take it. 

"We're also both Jewish, and I know our gene pools are already shallow. But third cousins? That is a little too close for comfort. There's no scenario where we’d break up or anything, but I just feel so so weird about it. I don't know how to feel or how to process this. Is it insane? Is it no big deal?”

You can read the full story in an article by Paige Freshwater published in the mirror.co.uk web site at: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/mans-life-flipped-upside-down-30538442 

Comments

  • 25 Jul 2023 11:15 AM | Anonymous
    I have a first cousin who married his and my third cousin and they have two daughters. They have known each other all thier lives. We are all Jewish, too. Not a real problem.
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  • 25 Jul 2023 8:21 PM | Anonymous
    my parents were 2nd cousins - my mother's sister also married a 2nd cousin - all four shared the same great grandparent - maybe we should use Iceland's dating app
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  • 26 Jul 2023 1:16 PM | Anonymous
    Not even remotely weird. Even if you could have kids, there's not a state in the union that would prevent it.

    I actually dated my half 3rd cousin in high school. Saw a picture of a shared ancestor at their home (well a statue he posed for). My mom took pleasure in calling her "cuz" whenever I had her over.
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  • 2 Aug 2023 8:43 PM | Anonymous
    Being third cousins is hardly weird. As someone has previously noted, most states would not prevent it unless you are first cousins, and perhaps not even then if you are two of the same sex or if the woman in a heterosexual marriage was beyond child-bearing age. I have two sets of great-grandparents (one on my mother's side and one set on my father's side) who were married first cousins back in the 1800s. And though we are sometimes a little strange, all in all, their descendants are OK and many highly intelligent.
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