Twins separated at birth, Married!

[MacUser]

TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH MARRY EACH OTHER WITHOUT KNOWING THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/arti ... article.do

Twins separated at birth have married each other without realising they were brother and sister, it has been revealed.

The British couple have now been granted an annulment after a special High Court hearing. Judges ruled the marriage had never validly existed.
Full details of how the brother and sister fell in love and married have been kept secret, along with their identities.

But it has emerged that they were separated soon after birth.
Each was then adopted by different families but neither was told they had a twin.

The couple had no idea they were blood relatives until after their wedding, a report in today's Evening Standard revealed.

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Tragic! If I must say.. that if I found out my wife was my bio sister after 17+ years. Just call me Brother, Honey.. because I'm NOT going anywhere!

[A2JGirl]

Oh wow. I would be so grossed out.

My mom once dated a cousin of hers and didn't know for months that he was a cousin (they met RANDOMLY in Atlanta, GA!). My mom was adopted, so they weren't related by blood at all, but STILL.... THAT was bad enough!

[Poimen]

Interesting.

I'm not sure the marriage was not valid, under the circumstances.
What heartbreak, to lose a husband or a wife and yet forever see them and be close to them.

[A2JGirl]

How would it be valid at all, Poimen? Wouldn't it be incest no matter what?

I agree though that it would be heartbreaking. No surprise that they felt some sort of connection. I'd love to hear the whole story but I wouldn't want it out there either if I were them.

[Poimen]

How would it be valid at all, Poimen? Wouldn't it be incest no matter what?

I guess so. It's hard to wrap one's mind around.

I agree though that it would be heartbreaking. No surprise that they felt some sort of connection. I'd love to hear the whole story but I wouldn't want it out there either if I were them.

I hear ya.

[Full Quiver]

Abraham was married to his sister!

Anyhow, maybe blood tests should be required for marriage. This is odd! What are the odds that these 2 people meet let alone fall in love?

[A2JGirl]

Abraham was married to his sister!

LOL! I KNEW someone would bring that up!

It was his half-sister, but still, it wasn't illegal for Abraham to be married to his half-sister. (I wonder exactly when it became taboo, let alone just a gross idea?)

[MacUser]

I wonder what are the documented defects?

Oh look.. Wikipedia..

Inbreeding in humans
The taboo of incest has been discussed by many social scientists. Anthropologists attest that it exists in most cultures. As inbreeding within the first generation often produces expression of recessive traits, the prohibition has been discussed as a possible functional response to the requirement of culling those born deformed, or with undesirable traits.[citation needed] Some anthropologists like Charles Davenport advocated the traditional forms of assortative breeding to form better human stock.

Ancient Egypt
Some Egyptian Pharaohs married their sisters; in such cases we find a special combination between endogamy and polygamy. Normally the son of the old ruler and the ruler's oldest (half-)sister became the new ruler. Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII, married and named co-rulers of ancient Egypt following their father's death, were brother and sister. Not only this, but all rulers of the Ptolemaic dynasty from Ptolemy II on engaged in inbreeding among brothers and sisters, so as to keep the Ptolemaic blood "pure".

Royalty and nobility
The royal and noble families of Europe have close blood ties which are strengthened by royal intermarriage; the most discussed instances of interbreeding relate to European monarchies. Examples abound in every royal family; in particular, the ruling dynasties of Spain and Portugal were in the past very inbred. Several Habsburgs, Bourbons and Wittelsbachs married aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Even in the British royal family, which is very moderate in comparison, there has scarcely been a monarch in 300 years who has not married a (near or distant) relative. Indeed, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh are second cousins once removed, both being descended from King Christian IX of Denmark. They are also third cousins as great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. European monarchies did avoid brother-sister marriages, though Jean V of Armagnac was an exception.


When your family tree doesn't fork.. is always the jest of low income... but apparently the reverse is more the truth.

[Jennifer Smith]

Abraham was married to his sister!

LOL! I KNEW someone would bring that up!

It was his half-sister, but still, it wasn't illegal for Abraham to be married to his half-sister. (I wonder exactly when it became taboo, let alone just a gross idea?)

A2J. it became taboo when the Law was given to the Israelites. I'm sure when genetic problems arose, that also added to the stigma.

[Faith rider]

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TWINS SEPARATED AT BIRTH MARRY EACH OTHER WITHOUT KNOWING THEY ARE BROTHER AND SISTER

Twins separated at birth have married each other without realising they were brother and sister, it has been revealed.

The British couple have now been granted an annulment after a special High Court hearing. Judges ruled the marriage had never validly existed.
Full details of how the brother and sister fell in love and married have been kept secret, along with their identities.

Faith rider wrote:
According to the report, they were legaly married, then it was annulded, and since the church never accepted annulment as a valid reason to re-marry, and Under the old assembly ruling of the COGOP, they can't re-marry & be a member of the church, is that correct?

I know that they can join some COGOP churches now that the assembly has changed the membership criteria.

Here is a question for you that are TCOG, TCOGNC, TCOG-Neghbors, The Stand & ZACOG, and any other fractions of COGOP, Can they become members of your church if they re-marry?