It would depend upon the jurisdiction but suspect the same would apply in South Africa as England at the time On marriage of the father to the first lady the son of the father would become the nephew of the first ladies sister Forbidden degrees state that a man cannot marry his aunt Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 03/06/2015 20:23, Bart Simon via wrote: > Hello: Just wondering: A father [AF] has a son [AS]. The father [AF] > marries the dg [BD1] of Mr. [BF] in 1900. The son [AS] then marries > the other dg of Mr. [BF] being [BD2] in 1901. Or simply, a father and > son marry two daughters who have the same father. No law is broken > there is it ?. Bart [!!!] .... ===

My reading of this http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570145.html seems to imply no laws have been broken but I would be interested in what others think. N.B. this is only English law. Phil Curtis Brittany, France. On 3 June 2015 at 21:52, Nivard Ovington via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > It would depend upon the jurisdiction but suspect the same would apply > in South Africa as England at the time > > On marriage of the father to the first lady the son of the father would > become the nephew of the first ladies sister > > Forbidden degrees state that a man cannot marry his aunt > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 03/06/2015 20:23, Bart Simon via wrote: > > Hello: Just wondering: A father [AF] has a son [AS]. The father [AF] > > marries the dg [BD1] of Mr. [BF] in 1900. The son [AS] then marries > > the other dg of Mr. [BF] being [BD2] in 1901. Or simply, a father and > > son marry two daughters who have the same father. No law is broken > > there is it ?. Bart [!!!] .... === > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >