Celina and Joseph Quinones, a seemingly happy couple married for over a decade, were left reeling after a DNA test revealed an unsettling truth—they are cousins. The couple, who share three children, took a 23andMe DNA test to trace their ancestry but found themselves questioning the future of their relationship after the shocking discovery.
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I hate to disappoint you, but I did a little digging and they're from Colorado, not Oklahoma.
Marrying your first cousin in legal in a number of states, including California and New York. Why? It's not only legal, but encouraged in some.cultures, and we don't want to upset some of them.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever noticed people.with the eyelids at "half staff" in the middle east? That's a sign of inbreeding. Cousins are encouraged to marry to preserve family wealth.
70% of Pakistanis are inbred.
ReplyDelete67% of Saudi Arabians are inbred.
64% of those living in Jordan and Kuwait are inbred.
63% of Sudanese are inbred.
54% of Muslims in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are inbred.
25-30% of those in Turkey are inbred.
etc.
Hey Hillbilly, we might not have the most but we must have the best. If you don't know about the Whittakers, of Odd WV, check them out
DeleteDang Kentucky didn't even make the list
DeleteDo the Whittakers have one knockout daughter like Elly May Clampett hidden away someplace?
DeleteYou can handle a little cross-eyed ness can't you Saigon?
DeleteI wondering why she felt she had to tell the entire world. Some things are private. People and their cell phones have been conditioned to breach their own privacy. I guess it's some kind of attention seeking behavior. Weird man.
ReplyDeleteThe story doesn't mention how close they are related (ie: 1st cousins, 2nd cousins etc...)
ReplyDeleteSo the lesson here is
Don't do drugs, m'kay?
M'kay.
-lg
762nd cousins 34 times removed. We all trace our history back to a boat builder who set up a vineyard in Turkey.
DeleteAnd for those of you who like bashing Okies and arKansans as much as I do, just remember incest is Legal in Rhode Island and New Jersey and allowed in Ohio between siblings.
Just don't do that genealogy shit. Damn stuff gonna get dug up you don't want to know about plus the Man will have access to the data and use it against you and any relative who may have done some stupid. My sister did it and now we have. Cousins from a philandering uncle wanting to get to know us
ReplyDeleteWe'll kiss all night
ReplyDeleteI'll squeeze her tight
But we're kissin' cousins 'n that's what makes it all right
All right, all right, all right
Elvis wrote it but Jerry Lee lived it. Yup ole Jerry Lee Lewis married his first cousin once removed
So, marrying a 13 year old wasn't shocking enough.
Delete"Cuzzins are fer practicin' on" (Overheard in a SC dive bar)
Delete- WDS
If you go back far enough, we're all related. Non-story except for the drama queen who just had to tell everybody.
ReplyDeleteAnd because they couldn't (1) not use a spectacularly stupid DNA evidence storage company (that pretends to exist for the purpose of helping you trace your ancestry) or (2) keep their stupid fucking mouths shut, their kids are going to have to live with the whole world knowing their parents are blood relatives. Even if they accidentally found out they were siblings, the correct answer would be STFU. But cousins? Of how ever many generations removed? FFS! People have been marrying cousins since before writing was created! Get over yourselves you twits, and just try to make sure your kids don't marry their cousins too, if you're really concerned! Certainly don't go blabbing to the gorramn media! Fuckheads. Just a couple fuckheads. Pardon my french, but...those poor kids. Damn it.
ReplyDeleteThis. And as Anon 5:29 pointed out, the story doesn't even say how closely they're actually related. 3rd cousins, for instance, would be a complete non-issue. Even 1st cousins only doubles your chance of a genetic disorder. Which sounds bad, but genetic disorders are so rare that it's really not much of an increase. 0.2% to 0.4% or something.
DeleteNon-story, expect for the media circus. "When in worry or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!" makes for good stories, but poor life skills.
John G.
Most of the royals and the 13 richest families…..
ReplyDeletein the world are inbred…..
theserapeum.com
^^^^^ed357
DeleteJust try to imagine how many blacks in ANY urban setting are hooking up with blood relatives, when no one is sure who their biological fathers are.
ReplyDeleteIn Louisiana, I once lived in the town of Broussard.
ReplyDelete5000 people, 3500 named Broussard, but according to them, none were related.
One neighbor told me that his family was the Elois Trahan Broussards, and my other neighbor was the Joseph Roger Broussards. No relation. :-)
The named ancestors were probably their double great grandfathers or something.
John in Indy
Some trees just don't branch...
ReplyDeleteAs my late brother-in-law said, "If you're going to pick up women at a family reunion, go to some else's reunion."
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