In Brazil, a main catholic country, the same situation applies. On my
father's side, my great grandfather and great grandmother were cousins
on 1st degree - 2nd in consaguinity - and their marriage certificate
has the dispensation noted on the margins.
Isabella
Isabella Baltar
I asked a Catholic priest a number of years ago (12? 15?) and he said the
Catholic Church only wants to know up to first cousins. After that, they
don't bother with the consanguinity rules.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das
Would this apply to a marriage in the U.S.?
Specifically, to a marriage at St John the Baptist in New Bedford in 1911?
My grandfather married his widow's brother's daughter.
This also makes for a convoluted family tree in Ancestry.com. Not only was
my grandmother his niece, but she was twenty
Yes, as this was a Catholic Church thing.
My ancestors had the dispensation noted in the margin of the marriage book
at St. John the Baptist in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1905.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
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