My father's sister married their first cousin, but they did not have kids. His Gt. Gt. Uncle also married a first cousin in 1841 in Edinburgh: they had eight children there, none of whom married. Three of them lived to around 70. One, a Judge in the Indian service died young, at sea. The Royals have been at it forever haven't they? Andrew Forman, Royal Oak Yard, Skipton BD23 1NP -----Original Message----- From: Carol Baird [SMTP:ctbaird@telus.net] Sent: 27 October 2003 18:23 To: PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PERTH] Consanguinuity in marriage It seems surprising but it was perfectly acceptable to marry your first cousin and no special dispensation was needed. Interesting, in England until 1907 it was not permitted to marry your deceased wife's sister or your deceased husband's brother, even though they were not related by blood. I don't know if the same applied to Scotland. Carol Baird ctbaird@telus.net ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== -------------------------------------------------- ALL messages are recorded in the Rootsweb archives. http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html --------------------------------------------------