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Persephone

Persephone Report 23 Jan 2011 10:02

I have a lot of weird goings on in my ancestry. Very hard to format on GR so many intermarriages. I guess because NZ was just a small place then and they only socialised amongst relatives. They were probably responsible for the founding in 1908 of Mills & Boon.

Persie

Researching:
The latest tree member our Grandson, Stellan born 09/12/14

Christine

Christine Report 23 Jan 2011 09:52

Thank you Flick - always nice to know one had law-abiding ancestors!

Researching:
Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 23 Jan 2011 09:29

Sounds like they got away with it as it was not made illegal until approx 1927.
It sounds like the couple got married abot that time and so were adults and no adoption was therefore required, if that makes sense

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 23 Jan 2011 01:11

there was no legal adoption in the UK until about 1927



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Flick

Flick Report 22 Jan 2011 23:36

No, Christine, it doesn't.

And that applies today..........my friend's son married her second husband's daughter.............

Christine

Christine Report 22 Jan 2011 23:25

Mrs Grumpy, my g.g.grandfather married his stepsister and had been living in her house as a lodger (I don't think they ever lived in the same household together with their respective step-parents) . Does that mean that the marriage was illegal?

Researching:
Hill, Jewell - Cornwall. Langley-Shropshire,Cole, Neate -Wiltshire,Lott, Ewell- Kent.Punter, Gadd, Wapshott, White, Weston - Surrey. To say nothing of the other half's family!

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 22 Jan 2011 19:03

Were they legally adopted. If not then surely it wouldn't be illegal

Flip

Flip Report 22 Jan 2011 18:01

There are some US states where it is legal, but in the UK:

The current Regulations of the Marriage Act (1986) in regards to adoption states that it is only illegal for a man to marry his adoptive mother or adoptive daughter and for a woman to marry her adoptive father or adoptive son, there is nothing in the act about adoptive siblings marrying or making it illegal.

But don't know if this was in effect in the 1930s

Researching:
Anything & everything!

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 22 Jan 2011 17:55

Their birth cert. has their original name at time of birth (the original cert, not an applied for one) but they used the name of the adoptive family during their lifetime.

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 22 Jan 2011 17:52

This occured in England about 80 years ago.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Jan 2011 17:50

did a google and its not legal even thouh not blood related. Once legally adopted they are brother and sister so not able to marry ,If there was no legal adoption for one or either of them then yes they can marry

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Flip

Flip Report 22 Jan 2011 17:49

Which country are you talking about - there are different laws.

Researching:
Anything & everything!

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 22 Jan 2011 17:43

I think there's something about step brothers and sisters not being able to marry if they live in the same house for more than X no. of years ...

But if someone is adopted they legally become part of the family don't they?

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Eddieisagrandad

Eddieisagrandad Report 22 Jan 2011 17:30

If a child is adopted into a family, is it legal for that child to marry another child within that family, bearing in mind they are not actually blood relatives?
I have that situation in my tree and don't see why it should not be legal but another family member thinks it is incestuous.