Can you marry your son?

Any person related within degrees specified in 46b-21; No man may marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, stepmother or stepdaughter, and no woman may marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, brother, uncle, nephew, stepfather or stepson.
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What is it called when you marry your son?

daughter-in-law

noun. the wife of your son. You are her mother-in-law or father-in-law.
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Can a parent marry their child?

Incest between consenting adults is illegal in every US state apart from New Jersey and Rhode Island, but marriage is prohibited in those states along with the rest of the country.
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Is it against the law to marry your son?

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 you legally marry your daughter?

X.: According to John Beckstrom, professor of family law, Northwestern University Law School, it is not legal anywhere in the United States for a father and daughter to knowingly marry each other. Such a marriage would not be valid. In fact, in many states the father would be prosecuted for criminal incest.
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Can a father marry his son?

Any person related within degrees specified in 46b-21; No man may marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, stepmother or stepdaughter, and no woman may marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, brother, uncle, nephew, stepfather or stepson.
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Which king married his own daughter?

The most suitable wife for a king of Egypt was the daughter of a king of Egypt, and Ramesses II was a stickler for tradition. He ended up marrying no less than four of his daughters (that we know of).
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Can you marry your mum?

Consanguinity – blood relationships

You may not marry your: Grandmother or grandfather. Mother or father.
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Can you marry a 12 year old in America?

Most states have a minimum marriage age for minors with parental consent, ranging from 12-17 years old. However, California and Mississippi do not have minimum ages for minors to be allowed to marry with parental consent.
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Can you marry your mom in Alabama?

Alabama Marriage Requirements

You cannot marry children, siblings, parents, uncles, aunts, grandchildren, grandparents or great grandparents of any relation. You can marry first cousins without restriction, however.
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Can you legally marry your mother in law?

A: Yes, you can legally marry your mother in law.
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Can a 13 year old get married?

Several places, including the state of Massachusetts in the United States, allow girls as young as 12 to get married in "exceptional circumstances" with the consent of a judge. But in many cases this is a leftover from an earlier age and is rarely tested.
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Can I marry myself legally?

Welcome to the world of self-marriage or "sologamy", which has attracted increasing attention over the last few years. While it is not legal to marry yourself anywhere in the world, reports of people holding mock ceremonies go for several decades and can be found everywhere from Japan to Italy, to Australia and the UK.
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Where is child marriage legal in the world?

Only six countries – Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen – do not specify a minimum age for marriage. In many countries, even those that allow minors to wed, minimum age requirements are often ignored.
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Is it legal to marry your 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 girl marry her 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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How old is the youngest bride?

Nujood Ali was just an eight-year-old child when her father arranged for her get married. She was one of 16 children.
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What is the marriage age in China?

The minimum age for marriage is raised to 22 for the man and 20 for the woman, although in practice even later marriage is encouraged. Late marriage and late childbirth are emphasized as part of China's attempt to limit its population growth.
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Can I marry my dog?

Is it legal to marry an animal? Human-animal marriage is not specifically mentioned in national laws – meaning technically that there's nothing to stop you entering a state of holy matrimony with your dog, cat, hamster.
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Can you marry a sibling?

While cousin marriage is legal in most countries, and avunculate marriage is legal in several, sexual relations between siblings are considered incestuous almost universally. Sibling incest is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide. It was historically practiced in ancient Egypt and indigenous Inca tribes.
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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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What is it called when a daughter falls in love with her father?

The Electra complex is a term used to describe the female version of the Oedipus complex. It involves a girl, aged between 3 and 6, becoming subconsciously sexually attached to her father and increasingly hostile toward her mother. Carl Jung developed the theory in 1913.
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Did Romans marry their sisters?

During the first two centuries A.D., in Roman Egypt, full sibling marriage occurred with some frequency among commoners as both Egyptians and Romans announced weddings that have been between full-siblings. This is the only evidence for brother-sister marriage among commoners in any society.
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Did royalty marry their siblings?

Examples of incestuous marriages and the impact of inbreeding on royal families include: All rulers of the Ptolemaic dynasty from Ptolemy II were married to their brothers and sisters, in order to keep the Ptolemaic blood "pure" and to strengthen the line of succession.
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