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Word of the Day: Consanguinity

Glowworm

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Consanguinity: kinship characterized by the sharing of common ancestors.

The Marriage Act of 1949 specified marriages that were forbidden in England and Wales due to consanguinity
 

Consanguinity is a word I've never heard until now. I imagine marrying a first cousin is a matter of consanguinity.
 

I grew up in Ohio and didn't know that ohioboy. I wonder how many other states have that law?

If I remember right from years past research, about 1/2?
The online legislative history only goes back to 2004, same there, but here is the current law.

Section 3101.01 | Persons who may be joined in marriage - minor to obtain consent.​


Title 31 Domestic Relations-Children

Chapter 3101 Marriage

Effective:
April 8, 2019

(A) Except as provided in section 3101.02 of the Revised Code, only male persons of the age of eighteen years, and only female persons of the age of eighteen years, not nearer of kin than second cousins, and not having a husband or wife living, may be joined in marriage. A marriage may only be entered into by one man and one woman.
 

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