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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Where uncle in law is used as husband?

where uncle in law is used as husband?
  

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I have never seen the word "Uncle" used as a marital relationship. Uncle denotes a blood relationship - the brother of one's mother or father. In some societies it is not legal to marry a close blood relation.

  • I have never seen the word "Uncle" used as a marital relationship.
  • Uncle denotes a blood relationship - the brother of one's mother or father.
  • In some societies it is not legal to marry a close blood relation.
  • " The proscribed degrees of incest vary among the different statutes.
  • Some include Parent and Child, brother and sister, uncle and niece, or aunt and nephew, and first cousins.
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I have never seen the word "Uncle" used as a marital relationship.
Uncle denotes a blood relationship - the brother of one's mother or father.

In some societies it is not legal to marry a close blood relation. That crime is called "incest."
The proscribed degrees of incest vary among the different statutes. Some include Parent and Child, brother and sister, uncle and niece, o

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