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Sandra

Sandra Report 29 Aug 2008 08:33

thanks for that rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 29 Aug 2008 08:30

http://www.weddingguideuk.com/articles/legal/prohibited.asp

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Sandra

Sandra Report 29 Aug 2008 08:24

really?? i always thought first cousins couldn't marry each other

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 29 Aug 2008 08:23

It's allowed now and has been since Henry the VIII.

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Sandra

Sandra Report 29 Aug 2008 08:18

i have a john H lilley married to Caroline Brentnall

johns mother is elizabeth hutchby

carolines mother is joanna hutchby


this makes john and caroline cousins doesn't it? was this allowed in the 1880's?