Hi, Just to add that just because it was unlawful does not mean it never happened. I would not be here if my Great-Grandfather not not 'married' the sister of his late wife in 1864 ! There is also an 1908 nice-uncle marriage in the tree. That happy couple emigrated from England to Texas. Cheers Jonathan in Toronto, Canada On 4 June 2015 at 05:54, Bart Simon via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello: I forgot the 1949 version mentioned [Half Aunt/Uncle]. If your > father > marries [daughter 1], she become your step mother, her sister becomes your > step aunt, and you can't marry her. If [daughter 1] dies, you can then > marry > [daughter 2]. However 5 sons from family [1] can marry 5 daughters from > family [2], if those families were otherwise unrelated within the bounds of > the table of affinity etc. It seems if the father marries [daughter 1] and > she dies, he can then go and marry [daughter 2]. Bart [!!!] .... > -----Original Message----- > http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570145.html > ------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >
Hi Jonathan, There is no prohibition in the Bible against a man marrying his wife's sister AFTER his first wife died. In fact it is not uncommon and I have such an instance in my wife's family tree. I heard of a more unusual scenario recently. Man marries wife and they divorce after a number of years. He then dies and a younger brother then marries his sister-in-law (his deceased brother's ex-wife)! Louis Zetler Hoshaya, Israel -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gentry via Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 3:23 PM To: Bart Simon; south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Marriages [!!!] Hi, Just to add that just because it was unlawful does not mean it never happened. I would not be here if my Great-Grandfather not not 'married' the sister of his late wife in 1864 ! There is also an 1908 nice-uncle marriage in the tree. That happy couple emigrated from England to Texas. Cheers Jonathan in Toronto, Canada On 4 June 2015 at 05:54, Bart Simon via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello: I forgot the 1949 version mentioned [Half Aunt/Uncle]. If your > father marries [daughter 1], she become your step mother, her sister > becomes your step aunt, and you can't marry her. If [daughter 1] dies, > you can then marry [daughter 2]. However 5 sons from family [1] can > marry 5 daughters from family [2], if those families were otherwise > unrelated within the bounds of the table of affinity etc. It seems if > the father marries [daughter 1] and she dies, he can then go and marry > [daughter 2]. Bart [!!!] .... > -----Original Message----- > http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570145.html > ------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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