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anonymous
writes:hello... i am married and have 2 boys and healthy, my wife has realised that we are 3rd cousins although she know that before we got married, i did not really pay much attention to that since we are far related and am deeply in love with her and now she wants to seperate from me... i really love her very much, i dont know how to handle this and she does not want to listen, when i tell her it is ok to be married. we have consulted with a priest, he too says that it is not a problem.... but still she is not ready to belive that. please help
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reader, C. Grant  +, writes (3 November 2010):
 She's feeding you a line. The concern about marrying a relative is that it will result in problems with offspring. You already have had children together, so it's a bit late for that concern. Third cousin is a laughably distant relationship.
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reader, anonymous, writes (3 November 2010): your wife is being irrational. Firstly third cousins marrying is not illegal. Secondly there are no genetic issues until you are both carriers of an inherited genetic conditions. And that is not the case since your children are healthy. It seems as if your wife is either anxiety prone. OR she is looking for an excuse to finish your marriage. Ask her what is the reason for her ignorant irrational assertions. She is definitely wrong if she thinks there is a problem with third cousins being together. If you could check out hundreds of family trees from over the last 500 years you would find that even first cousins and second cousins happily, successfuly and safely married and had children. Most European royalty is related to or descended from Queen Victoria of England. Check out how closely related European royalty is.
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