First cousin marriage, christian
uvw
(Querist) 04 December 2011
This query is : Resolved
Can i marry my first cousin, (she is my mothers sisters daughter) we r christians, and parents are against our relation.Both of us are from kerala. I have seen lot of querys but couldnt conclude.. Can we register our marriage, will it consider as valid? Is there any problem after we register our marriage. Means in future. If parents give any complaint against this what all problems may occur? parents are emotionally blackmailing us. can we get married legally? What are the formalities?
Egerly waiting for a reply.
Help me.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 04 December 2011
you can not ,if you even succeed in registering it,the marriage would be void and issues out of this relation shall be illegitimate.
AAK
(Expert) 05 December 2011
It comes under prohibited degree of relationship.. the marriage would be void.. I agree with Mr.Singh
A. A. JOSE
(Expert) 05 December 2011
What do you mean by "parents are emotionally blackmailing us". One can easily guess that by your shameful proposal, you have created heart-burnings to the parents of both of you. You, being a christian from Kerala, must be very well aware of the fact that such marriage with first cousin is not only prohibited by your religion but your poor parents would also be looked down by the entire community/society.
As has rightly been opined by other experts hereinabove, please note that your marriage in any manner would be illegal and void. Not only you both, but your off-springs from such an unholy alliance, would also be facing life-long problems. Therefore, it would be wise for both of you to forth restore your good senses by a concious decision to abandon for ever your unethical and illegitimate relations.
May God help you to muster enough courage to see your folly in this affair.
uvw
(Querist) 06 December 2011
A.A.jose sir,
i knew that our community will never allow such type of relation and also know that we had given lots of problems to our parents. but what to do, we cant forget each other and want to be together for entire life. So can u help me sir by giving legal possibilities to be together/get married under any special act, law something like tht?
I have heard one man who was hindu and changed his relegion to christianity and married his cousin.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a man against his son's marriage to her cousin and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him for filing frivolous suit..
Holding the marriage of cousins as legal, Justice Suresh Kait held, 'Cousins born in Hindu community can marry each other after converting to Christianity.' The petitioner, O P Gogne, is a retired judge and had filed a petition against his magistrate son, who married his maternal uncle's daughter after conversion. 'Respondents (couple) have rightly converted as per the Section 3 of the Indian Christian Marriage Act. Therefore, after conversion into Christianity, the marriage does not fall under the 'sapinda' relationship (which is prohibited under the Hindu Marriage Act),' Justice Kait said.
Pulling up the petitioner, who is a practising lawyer now after retiring from Delhi judicial services for filing a frivolous case against his son, who is a sitting magistrate in a city court, the High Court imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. 'This type of thinking is spoiling the broad thinking of new generation and at times it leads to honour killing,' the judge remarked. Upholding the son's wedding as valid, the High Court said the accused, who is a magistrate, being a government servant, has not committed any offence.
My question is how it happend? That man who coverted to christianity and married her cousin. And me, a christian cant i marry my cousin?
Shailesh Kr. Shah
(Expert) 06 December 2011
please continue one thread. I am watching that you are asking in two threads.
uvw
(Querist) 06 December 2011
accidently i put my question in two different categories.i'm getting replies from 2 sides.thats y i'm posting my message here and there. Waiting for replies which i have asked last.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 06 December 2011
Now have a chance to stop wandering here !
better visit here below!!
http://www.nikah.com/marriage/prohibited_marriage_partners.asp
Or a Mulla 4 conversion,they shall welcome as all religion want numbers like politicians.
Dr G V Rao
(Expert) 06 December 2011
Experts may please enlighten whether marriage to maternal uncle's daughter comes under 'prohibited marriage' under Christian law. Similar marriages in Andhra are plenty and considered valid under Hindu law.
RAJU O.F.,
(Expert) 11 December 2011
You can love her only as a sister. Even if you succeed in marriage any manner, your family cannot peacefully live in Christian community, since it is forbidden. Further, there is possibilities of genetic disorders, to the children born to you; hence don't spoil their life also.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 11 December 2011
One is a definite idiot who says that marriage with maternal uncle's daughter considered valid under Hindu law.
