tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post1021140783342983736..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Who can you marry? Forbidden Marriage LawsJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-38483341018890004302015-07-20T23:38:15.320-07:002015-07-20T23:38:15.320-07:00First cousin marriages were somewhat common in my ...First cousin marriages were somewhat common in my family in northern Ohio. My great-grandparents marriage record in 1874 requires "that said parties are not nearer kin than first cousins," meaning that first cousin marriages were legal at that time. However, my grandparents marriage record in 1907 requires "that said parties are not nearer than second cousins." Sometime between 1874 and 1907 the law changed. I suspect it was before 1899 because my northern Ohio first-cousin family members went to Detroit to get married in that year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-63272062993368476542015-07-20T16:46:55.583-07:002015-07-20T16:46:55.583-07:00I wonder what Relative Finder folks would think of...I wonder what Relative Finder folks would think of all this, since it shows, at least in the LDS community, that we are almost all cousins, quite a few steps removed, thank heavens.Cathy Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461484882494138496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-27967993692779162922015-07-20T07:34:25.018-07:002015-07-20T07:34:25.018-07:00The NY Times map you linked to is for at least fai...The NY Times map you linked to is for at least fairly ~current~ legislation. Ohio, for instance, used to allow 1st-cousin marriages until early in the 19th century.Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.com