What is clear, is that no opinion in the Talmud forbids marriage to a cousin or a sister's daughter (a class of niece), and it even commends marriage to the latter – the closer relation of the two.
The Talmud and Maimonides encourage marriages between uncles and nieces, though some early Jewish religious communities, such as the Sadducees, believed that such unions were prohibited by the Torah.
Marriage to a sister-in-law is prohibited in Judaism and is referred to be a brother's trust. In all the above mahrams (prohibited to marry), there is no prohibition on marrying a cousin۔
Biblical peoples
A Jew is prohibited from marrying a male Moabite and Ammonite convert (Deuteronomy 23:4); or an Egyptian or Edomite convert up to the third generation from conversion (Deuteronomy 23:8–9). Nethinim/Gibeonites are prohibited by rabbinic injunction.
Here are some relatives you are allowed to marry in Australia: your aunt or uncle. your niece or nephew. your cousin – first cousin or second cousin etc.
In the United States, second cousins are legally allowed to marry in every state. However, marriage between first cousins is legal in only about half of the American states. All in all, marrying your cousin or half-sibling will largely depend on the laws where you live and personal and/or cultural beliefs.
Section 3(g) of the Hindu Marriage Act says about - "Prohibited Relationship" as inter alia - "(iv)if the two are brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters." Hence, you both comes within "Prohibited Relationship".
In Jewish incest law, an aunt-nephew marriage is prohibited, but an uncle-niece marriage is permitted even though the state prohibits it.
We have proven that marriage to two sisters is not categorized as a sexual "abomination" (although following the Torah's prohibition, it is punishable - like any other forbidden sexual relations - with "karet," excision).
Although according to Torah law a man may marry more than one wife, under a ban (herem) issued by Rabbenu Gershom (Rabbi Gershom ben Judah Me'or Ha-Golah, c. 960–1028) in the eleventh century, a husband could not take an additional wife unless he divorced his first wife or she died.
In the modern day, polygamy is generally not condoned by Jews. Ashkenazi Jews have continued to follow Rabbenu Gershom's ban since the 11th century.
Still, sibling marriage is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide. Exceptions include Brazil and Sweden; in both countries, marriages between half-siblings are legally permitted. Sibling marriage was historically practiced in ancient Egypt and Inca tribes.
Cousin marriage, a form of consanguinity (marriages among couples who are related as second cousins or closer), is allowed and often encouraged throughout the Middle East, and in other Muslim countries worldwide such as Pakistan.
Technically, you can marry your half-fillets. Marriages between uncles and nieces or aunts and nephews are prohibited in most countries. However, the law does not prohibit marriages between half-parents. The marriage between an uncle and his niece is called an avunculated marriage.
Seven relations are prohibited because of consanguinity, i.e. kinship or relationship by blood, viz. mothers, daughters, sisters, paternal aunts, maternal aunts, and nieces (whether sister's or brother's daughters). In this case, no distinction is made between full and half relations, both being equally prohibited.
First cousins have an inbreeding coefficient of 0.0625. Anything at or above 0.0156, the coefficient for second cousins, is considered consanguineous; that includes relationships between people and their nephews and nieces.
Some rabbis have gone further to commend the age of eighteen as most ideal, while others have advocated for the time immediately following puberty, closer to the age of fourteen, essentially "as early in life as possible." Babylonian rabbis understood marriage as God's means of keeping male sexuality from going out of ...
Among the forbidden couples are parent-child, sister-brother, grandparent-grandchild, uncle-niece, aunt-nephew, and between half siblings and certain close in-laws. This "Levitical law" is found in Leviticus 18:6-18, supplemented by Leviticus 20:17-21 and Deuteronomy 27:20-23. Photo illustration, Shutterstock, Inc.
This type of relationship is sometimes called “double first cousins”. The kids would end up being about twice as related as regular first cousins (who share 12.5% DNA). And at 25% shared DNA, that would make them about as related as half siblings. Keep in mind that this is only on average.
Abraham's brother Nahor married his niece Milcah, the daughter of his other brother Haran.
Aunt in Hebrew is דודה, and uncle is דוד. It is pronounced doh-dah and dod, respectively.
Answers (1) Assuming you both are Hindus. No, you cannot marry you cousin's daughter as you are "sapinda" of each other.
For guidance about getting married you should ask us or contact an authorised marriage celebrant. To get married in Australia, you must: not be married. not be marrying a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister.
niece-in-law.
nephew-in-law (plural nephews-in-law) Someone's niece's husband.