Well, I am half hillbilly, and half Cajun. Have had DNA testing done AND have tracked down my ancestry via various documents going back to be fore the Revolutionary War. There were a few instances of 1st cousins marrying, about 3 remembering off the top of my head. Probably another half dozen of 2nd cousins marrying. But that is about it.
And for what it is worth, 2nd cousins marrying is legal everywhere in the USA. It is legal for 1st cousins in 24 states.
Having studied a fair bit of history, what happened in m family tree is not uncommon in the least. Especially given that it was spread out over so many years and so many different branches.
Now if you mean brother-sister, and that sort of thing, none in my family was ever recorded. But such things did happen historically. No idea how common.
When I married my ex-husband in 2000 in Georgia the marriage license application asked if you were related and if so, how?
I’m from California and I was like dude wtf!? He was from Georgia and just laughed.
So yeah. It’s a thing.
But honestly, I’ve lived in the south (SC, GA, TX and TN) since 1996 and it’s not really as bad as the jokes make it out to be. I’ve only known about one case where a married couple was 1st cousins. I have never met or heard about anyone else.
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Well, I am half hillbilly, and half Cajun. Have had DNA testing done AND have tracked down my ancestry via various documents going back to be fore the Revolutionary War. There were a few instances of 1st cousins marrying, about 3 remembering off the top of my head. Probably another half dozen of 2nd cousins marrying. But that is about it.
And for what it is worth, 2nd cousins marrying is legal everywhere in the USA. It is legal for 1st cousins in 24 states.
Having studied a fair bit of history, what happened in m family tree is not uncommon in the least. Especially given that it was spread out over so many years and so many different branches.
Now if you mean brother-sister, and that sort of thing, none in my family was ever recorded. But such things did happen historically. No idea how common.
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When I married my ex-husband in 2000 in Georgia the marriage license application asked if you were related and if so, how?
I’m from California and I was like dude wtf!? He was from Georgia and just laughed.
So yeah. It’s a thing.
But honestly, I’ve lived in the south (SC, GA, TX and TN) since 1996 and it’s not really as bad as the jokes make it out to be. I’ve only known about one case where a married couple was 1st cousins. I have never met or heard about anyone else.
I have lived in the south my whole life and I can’t say I know any hillbillies