Do people marry their mother's cousins?

[princessjojo]

Re: Do people marry their mother’s cousins?

@IceSoul

OK, so my mother is friends with this women who herself is married to a cousin, whose parents were cousin and whose daughter is now engaged to *her cousin. *I mean, the daughter of the woman is engaged to the her mother’s cousin. Sorry if this sounds confusing; it’s pretty messed up.

Anyways, have you guys heard of marrying your parent’s cousins? Isn’t that a little weird, marrying someone who’s like you Khala or Mamu?

I was shocked out of my mind when I first found out. I was 13 or so back then. Yeah, it was an exaggerated response (we called them mamu etc) but it seemed extremely weird at that time.

And the obvious example is Prophet Mohammed’s daughter.