11 State Laws About First Cousin Marriage, Ranked

On March 28th, 11 Points had an amusing article about cousin marriage.

All I know is that I thought cousin marriages could make for an interesting list topic. And my article on the practicability of marrying your third cousin was well accepted. So I started digging around the topic of first cousin marriages, and that brought us to now.

So here, my friends, are the 11 different first cousin marriage laws that exist across the 50 states. I’ve ranked the list from the places where it’s most difficult to marry your first cousin down to the places where anything goes.

And who knows? Maybe someone will find this list, realize that those taboo feelings they’ve been having every year at Thanksgiving aren’t that strange, and use the info gathered here to finally make true love happen.

Number 11 is called "Let it ride!" and includes all of the states where it is fully legal. Shelbyville is also mentioned, which I think is a reference to The Simpsons.