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questions about "cousins in love" Written by Lis M (9/15/2010 4:02 a.m.)

In chapter 1 Sir Thomas has his qualms about letting Fanny come to stay " he thought of his own four children, of his two sons, of cousins in love" (p.4 in the Penguin popular classics ed.). Wasn't marrying cousins extremely wide-spread in Regency England? Is it only her low social status that Sir Thomas is afraid of or was there some awareness that marriage withing the family could cause i.e. medical problems? When did the costum stop, when was is forbidden by law and is it still legal in other countries today?

( I've posted this before but probably in the wrong place)

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questions about "cousins in love" Lis M (9/15/2010 4:02 a.m.)

Let's try to stay within the Group Read, please Laurel (9/15/2010 8:11 a.m.)
- Some of those pages have spoilers of MP nfm Stephanie (9/15/2010 7:33 p.m.)
Marrying down Myretta (9/15/2010 7:51 a.m.)
- And besides class issues,there were probably money issues as well Lydia (9/15/2010 11:43 a.m.)
Cousins marrying. Rachel G (9/15/2010 7:48 a.m.)
- Thank you for the link. As a family historian I know that AnnetteJ (9/15/2010 8:08 a.m.)
  - Rachel's link Myretta (9/15/2010 9:34 a.m.)
    - Just made an observation that I was not going to expand AnnetteJ (9/15/2010 2:16 p.m.)
      - cousins, money etc Lis M (9/15/2010 3:20 p.m.)

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