Every family tree has a few twists and turns, but history shows that some famous names took family ties to a whole new level.

For centuries, European royal families arranged marriages within their own bloodlines to preserve power, alliances, and what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marriage between first cousins is still legal in Florida after a bill banning the union failed to pass the state Senate. While the ...

This week, on July 24, many countries celebrate National Cousins Day, a relatively recent celebration with obscure origins.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eliza Anderson, Deseret News Connecticut's ban on marriage between first cousins — the children of siblings — takes effect Oct. 1.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - A new law in Connecticut is expected to go into effect on Oct. 1, banning first-cousin marriages. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers agreed on the bill earlier ...

You are either here because you think it's shocking that a proposed bill on banning marriage to one's own first cousin or because you are elated that the bill failed to pass because you are in love ...

One step closer to keeping it out of the family. Connecticut is set to place a firm ban on marriages between first cousins at the start of October in a rare instance of unanimous agreement between ...