Can a girl marry her uncle?

Avunculate marriage is permitted in Norway, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Germany and Russia. In the United States it is permitted in some circumstances in two states.
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Can a woman marry her uncle?

Consanguinity – blood relationships

You may not marry your: Grandmother or grandfather. Mother or father. Father's sister (aunt) or brother (uncle)
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Can you marry your uncle by marriage?

Avunculate marriage refers to a marriage between an uncle and a niece or between an aunt and a nephew (third degree relations). In some societies avunculate marriage is prohibited as a form of incest, while in others it is legal, even common.
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Can a girl marry his uncle in Islam?

Prohibited marriage partners

Marriage between a woman and her father, stepfather, husband's biological father, uncle, grandfather, great uncle, great-grandfather, etc. Marriage of a man with women who are sisters or stepsisters of his mother or father.
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Can aunts and uncles be married?

If a couple is, for all practical reasons, living as if they are married, then they are married. In fact there are many legal jurisdictions that treat them as legally married. So they can use the aunt/uncle words.
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Can I Marry My Auntie?



Can uncle and niece have a baby?

Marriages between people who are related is more common than you might think. Unlike what many people think, their offspring are not doomed to birth defects or medical problems. In fact, unless they both carry the same gene mutation, the couple's chance of having a healthy child is almost as high as any other couple.
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Can I marry my sister's daughter?

Yes , you can Marry mother's sister's daughter's daughter who is not under the degree of prohibited relationship as per section 2 (b) of Special Marriage Act. 2. However, you can not marry your mother's sister 's daughter.
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Can I marry my uncle in India?

Section 3(g) of the Hindu Marriage Act says about - "Prohibited Relationship" as inter alia - "(iv)if the two are brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters." Hence, you both comes within "Prohibited Relationship".
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Can I marry aunt daughter?

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Your father's sister is your Paternal aunt and you are planning to marry your aunt's grand daughter. Technically your aunt's daughter's daughter is genologically your daughter. There is no bar in in marrying your aunt's daughter's daughter, provided the age difference is not more than 5 years.
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Can I marry my sister daughter in India?

DEAR, As per law, you cannot marry with your cousin sister as it is prohibited by Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Moreover, an adopted child have same obligations/liabilities as natural born son.
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Can you marry your aunt in India?

Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act bans, among other things, marriage between a brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters. The marriage is void, unless the custom of the community permits it.
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Can you marry your sister?

Siblings cannot marry in the United States

Many states outlaw sexual relationships between siblings and between parents and their children, and no state allows siblings to marry.
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Can uncle and niece have a relationship?

In the United States, incest laws prohibited intimate relationships between children and parents, siblings, and grandchildren and grandparents. Almost all states criminalize incest between adults. Some states also prohibit intimate relations between aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
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Can I marry my aunty?

Answers (3) It is possible to marry her as the relationship is not prohibited by law under Hindu Marriage Act. However, consult your elders to see if such marriage is sanctioned by usage or custom governing both parties in your culture.
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Can a niece marry an uncle?

It is not illegal as it is their custom. The legality of Uncle-niece marriages was confirmed in the Hindu Code Bill of 1984. Some Sophisticated South Indians consider uncle-niece marriage outmoded.
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Can I marry my step daughter?

It is not permissible for a man to marry his wife's daughter because she is his step daughter, after he has consummated the relationship with her mother. The fact that she lives with her father and she doesn't move with her mother to live with him has no effect on the ruling.
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Can I marry cousin?

Cousin marriage laws in the United States vary considerably from one state to another, ranging from cousin marriages being legal in some to being a criminal offense in others. However, even in the states where it is legal, the practice is not widespread.
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Can I marry brother's daughter?

It depends upon your religion whether or not you can marry your cousin brother's daughter. If you are a Hindu, then you cannot marry her since you this would be a Sapinda relationship which are prohibited by Section 3 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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Can I marry my sister daughter in Islam?

Qur'an forbids us to marry our mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, brother's daughters, sister's daughters, foster-mothers, foster-sisters, mothers-in-law, stepdaughters, wives of our sons, nor two sisters together.
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Can we marry niece?

Answers (2) Yes you can marry your niece under the Hindu Merriage Act, 1955 if the customs and traditions permit you to do so.
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Can I marry my mothers brother?

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As the relation you are mentioning is within the prohibited degree of relationship for marriage, you cannot marry her as you both are sapindas of each other. However, I must add that if the customs allow for such marriage then the same can override the prohibition mentioned as per Hindu law.
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Why do Tamils marry their cousins?

The tradition of marrying cousins started with North Indians. Its not that only south Indians married so. Infact, many say that south Indians were inspired from north Indians in marrying cousins from the times of Mahabharata.
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Can you marry your parent?

No person shall marry his or her sibling, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, stepparent, grandparents' spouse, spouse's child, spouse's grandchild, sibling's child or parent's sibling. Consensual incest between people 16 years old or more is not a criminal offense.
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Can you marry your child?

Child marriage is currently legal in 44 states (only Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island have set the minimum age at 18 and eliminated all exceptions), and 20 U.S. states do not require any minimum age for marriage, with a parental or judicial waiver.
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Can I marry my brother in law?

Although a man may marry his sister-in-law and a woman may marry her brother-in-law, other relatives-in-law may marry provided they are at least 21 years of age and the family members involved in creating the in-law relationship are both dead.
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