Today marrying your first cousin is illegal in 24 US states. But for most of Western history, people had to marry whoever lived nearby, which oftentimes meant marrying within the extended family.

Ayesha, who at 29 is the oldest of the three sisters, also married her first cousin in 2017. She has two children with her husband and their marriage is happy, she says. It felt perfectly normal ...

Superman has had his fair share of romantic entaglements over the years, but none are weirder than almost marrying his cousin Supergirl.

The NCSL states that 23 states ban all marriage between first cousins outright while nine states allow for certain exceptions ...

A woman who escaped a polygamist cult after being told she had to marry her cousin has laid bare the horrors and 'creepy' practices in the 'Kingston Clan'. Priscilla Tucker, 27, who is now based ...

A Connecticut bill would decriminalize possession of small amounts of psilocybin mushrooms, now a misdemeanor, to a cash ...

In modern western society, marrying your cousin is not well accepted, particularly in the United States. Through a combination of old prejudices and present-day conventional wisdom about inherited ...

Today marrying your first cousin is illegal in 24 US states. But for most of Western history, people had to marry whoever lived nearby, which oftentimes meant marrying within the extended family.

The UK government is under pressure to outlaw marriages between cousins following moves in several Scandinavian countries to ban such unions. The Tory MP Richard Holden has tabled a question for ...

Marriage between first cousins would be banned in the UK under a proposal to be tabled in Parliament. Richard Holden, a former Conservative minister, said such marriages have been linked to a higher ...