This marriage may well have been forbidden in the earlier Book of Common Prayer (e.g., 1662) but that is now completely separate from the Law of the land, especially in NZ. So, as Migs says - time? place? Judith On 16/06/2014 12:52 p.m., Migs Eder wrote: > More information please Rowan. > > wife One and her brother are full siblings, etc? > > In theory someone can't marry a person who has been their niece. Did > they marry away from home and lie? Lots more we need to know, > including, what year, what place > > migs > >> From: Rowan Gibbs <Rowan.Gibbs@paradise.net.nz> >> >> a man married twice and his second wife was the daughter of the son >> of his >> first wife?s father >> >> would she be described as his niece by marriage -- or as what? >> >> > A nation is an association of reasonable beings united in the > peaceful sharing of the things they cherish; therefore to determine > the quality of a nation, you must consider what those things are." - > St Augustine, in The City of God XIX, 24. > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >