first cousin marriage state laws

Who do you love.

When people fall in love and decide to get married it's a beautiful thing, sometimes it is a person that you grew up with, go to school or church with, or someone we work with, and sometimes it is a perfect stranger that you meet by chance or it might be someone that you don't like for one reason or the other, and over time you find out that you start liking this person.

HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE YOUR COUSIN.

A cousin is the child of an aunt or uncle, i have many and i love them but not in a i want to marry you kind of way.

TO EACH HIS OWN.

Knowing the person and their family is a plus, when you decide to get married, so marrying your cousin might be a good idea if you give it a good think through.

You know them as a you all play together, you know their parents, their parents are your uncle and aunt,

Your mother and father are their uncle and aunt, their brothers and sisters are your cousins, so you know all the family, and you can be legally married in these states.

STATES THAT ALLOW COUSINS TO GET MARRIED.

you can marry your first cousin legally if you live in these states

ALABAMA

ALASKA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

CALIFORNIA

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

FIRST COUSIN MARRIAGES ARE ARE PROHIBITED IN THESE STATES

ARKANSAS

DELAWARE

IDAHO

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

AKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TEXAS

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WYOMING

FIRST COUSIN MARRIAGES ARE ALLOWED UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES , IN THESE STATES

ARIZONA--IF BOTH ARE 65 OR OLDER OR 1 IS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE.

ILLINOIS--IF BOTH ARE 50 AND OLDER AND 1 IS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE.

INDIANA--IF BOTH ARE 65

MAINE--IF THE COUPLE HAVE A DOCTOR CERTIFICATE OF GENETIC COUNSELING.

UTAH--IF BOTH ARE 65--OR IF BOTH ARE 55 AND 1 IS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE.

WISCONSIN--IF THE WOMAN IS 55 OR OLDER OR 1 IS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE.

SO IF YOU LIKE YOUR COUSIN LIKE THAT, GO GET A RING AND MAKE IT LEGAL.

in north carolina--first cousin marriages are legal, but double cousin marriages are illegal.