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Originally Posted by Intense1
Regarding ShaniFaye's post on biblical interfamilial marriage:
In the NT, Elizabeth and Zachariah (the parents of John the Baptist) were cousins (not known how close their family ties were), and even Joseph and Mary (Jesus' "father" and mother) were in the same family.
First cousins marrying is not expressly forbidden in scripture - but it is in many laws of many states and many countries.
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Actually Mary and Joseph were first cousins. I've been trying to find credible statistics, but so far the only country I can find it to be illegal in, is the US, land thats only in some states. 19 States (*gasp* and many of them are northern states) allow first cousin marriage with no restrictions and another 7 allow it after a certain age or they cannot bear children.