People say you can't marry your relatives... buy why? My dad is married with my mom, my uncle is married with my aunt, my grandfather is married with my grandmother and so on.. So what's keeping me from marrying one of my siblings If I ever decide to?
2006-12-22 05:43:54 · 52 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
They're all relatives
2006-12-22 05:46:51 · update #1
there is noooo prob it is just a superstation
2006-12-22 05:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 10⤋
Well when your mom and dad, Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt and Uncle got married they were not related by blood. Each woman had a different maiden name and comes from a family outside of their immediate one.
You cannot marry within your immediate family and depending on the state up to your 5th or 6th cousin.
The reason for this is genetic diversity. This means if too many people marry within there smaller circle of family the genetic makeup makes your offspring weak. Therefore a couple of generations down the line the children will not fully develop and will have psychical and mental disabilities.
As a race we need to have a far enough away bloodline to produce children who will be healthy.
The only time it would be conceivable is if the population of the world was reduced to a handful of people.
2006-12-22 05:54:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying your parents, your uncle/aunt, and your grandparents were siblings before they got married? If that's so, then you may have a point. If you're like everyone else, they became your parents, grandparents, and uncle/aunt after they got married. The same way you don't marry your husband ~ you marry a guy that later becomes your husband through that marriage !!!!
2006-12-22 05:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by houstonian352000 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No! You do not want to marry someone whose genes are too close to your own, that would include siblings, parents, children, aunts, uncles and first cousins. The reason is that there is a greatly increased risk of genetic defects. Your parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles all came from different families, presumably. They are only related by marriage, not by blood.
2006-12-22 05:47:36 · answer #4 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay you need help you mother and father are no related in anyway, same goes for the rest of the people you are talking about. When your dads brother marrys a woman they are thought of as your aunt this doesn't mean they are related got it?
2006-12-22 05:48:02 · answer #5 · answered by mommy2faithat19#3 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
WOW! Your out there! It is against the law to marry your siblings...maybe you should check a little further back in your ancestory....bet you'd find that your parents weren't related before they were married...and they still are not "related" they are married! Married is not a relative term!~
2006-12-22 05:47:37 · answer #6 · answered by Shelly B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Umm your mom and dad weren't related before they got married, as weren't your unlce and aunt and grandfather and grandmother...definitely NOT the same as marrying a sibling.
2006-12-22 05:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Okay, people marry someone else because they ''love'' that person, and they are ready to share their life with each other, so basically--I'm not sure if you can--I don't think anyone, even if they were totally nuts, would do that. Besides I read somewhere, that marring someone related to you makes a kind of sickness.
2006-12-22 05:50:57 · answer #8 · answered by Hailey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When your family members married, they weren't related. You're related to them because they're married now. You can't marry your siblings because its incest and causes all sorts of genetic problems. Thats why.
2006-12-22 05:46:38 · answer #9 · answered by Flagstones925 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Watch Jerry Springer. Marry your sibling & get a whole Jerry Springer show about how inbread & messed up you are.
Stupid question.
2006-12-22 05:46:29 · answer #10 · answered by MrBret 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I dont know. Theyve allowed men to marry men and women to marry women!!! Huh!! why not marry a relative and use it as a tax write off or for insurance purposes....Crazy crazy!
2006-12-22 05:46:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋