From: S. C. <ste...@gm...> - 2008-06-02 05:21:11
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All, If I can have a digital show of hands -- how many of you have instances in your database where cousins, (first, 2nd, 3rd, etc...) got married? Does it happen often in your tree? Never? In my database going back 400 years, I have dozens of such occurrences. Not first cousins, but 2nd and so on. Last one was in the late 1800s. I had assumed this was common in the past, but a comment today from someone makes me think this is actually not as common as I thought, even back in the 1500s-1800s. Thanks in advance. :) Stéphane |