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57307--Relatives marrying
Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 11:51 am
by Giovanni Schwartz
Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:42 pm
by TheAnswerIs42
Well, that was gross.
Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:07 pm
by bobtheenchantedone
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All righty then.
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 7:46 am
by Marduk
Please, no more sharing.
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 8:38 am
by NerdGirl
There was another one a few years ago where a couple in Germany or somewhere got married and then found out they were actually twins who had been adopted by different families.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:47 am
by Werf_Must
I wonder how the kid will feel about all that
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:11 pm
by Damasta
NerdGirl wrote:There was another one a few years ago where a couple in Germany or somewhere got married and then found out they were actually twins who had been adopted by different families.
Hmm...that kind of sounds like the plot to
The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:56 pm
by vorpal blade
I think the grandma marrying her grandson story is proof that some forms of insanity are genetic.
My sister met a handsome nice guy at BYU. They dated a few times, and then he took her to meet his parents. Both my sister and her date were amazed that his dad could immediately identify her parents by name (which are very unusual names). Turns out he loved genealogy and my sister and her date were second cousins. The young man suddenly lost interest in dating my sister again.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:05 pm
by C is for
My sister and her husband are fifth cousins once removed (or something like that). It was easy to tell.
Funny thing is, they're further apart on the family tree than his parents (who didn't know that until after they were married).
They're a great couple, but I can't tell you how tired I am of the "Are you sure they're not related?" question. "Oh! Oh my goodness! We never thought of that! I mean, yeah, they have the same last name but why would we ever do a genealogical check? Thank goodness you asked that, we'll do that right away and call off the wedding!"
*cough*
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:29 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Heh. Same last name=funny.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:53 pm
by Tao
Same last name save one letter = a pain in the check.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:28 pm
by bobtheenchantedone
Better than having the same first name.
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:30 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Bahaha yeah. Family in our stake =Kim & Kim K_______. Hilarious.
Oh yeah! Another news link, that is slightly relevant to the slightly relevant link I posted earlier:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8658327.stm
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:58 am
by Damasta
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 2:06 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Oh, that's OLD. I mean, it was 2009. And on the internet, that's ANCIENT. [ =