I didn't mean for it to be surprising. I'm a professional and know that cousin marriages are a lot more common than modern people realize, even in the northern states.
I read articles saying that two important people are 10th to 15th cousins, and people go on about "bloodlines." I know that relationships like that are as common as dirt. In fact, in most instances, I'm more closely related to some of the elites than they are to each other.
I didn't mean for it to be surprising. I'm a professional and know that cousin marriages are a lot more common than modern people realize, even in the northern states.
I read articles saying that two important people are 10th to 15th cousins, and people go on about "bloodlines." I know that relationships like that are as common as dirt. In fact, in most instances, I'm more closely related to some of the elites than they are to each other.