#9 Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick
How would you feel if you found out that your spouse of 30 years was actually a distant cousin of yours and you were related? This is exactly what happened to Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick when they went on a PBS show to track their genealogy. The show, called “Finding Your Roots,” traced them back in time and found out that they are, in fact, distant cousins, which makes Kyra have no degree of separation from her husband, Kevin Bacon!
And when you take into account the game all actors love playing, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, you know that she is going to win before anyone else does, no matter what!
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It has been documented that Jefferson and his slave Hemmings were in love. It is not fair to say he abused her. She was half sister to his former wife.
Any couple related or not, also is at risk of having a child with genetic conditions or health problems! Although taboo in some cultures, marriage between first cousins is accepted in many cultures around the world. The vast majority of children of first cousins are healthy and do not have problems due to their parents’ relatedness. It is important to keep in mind that even for an unrelated couple, there is an approximately 2-3% chance that their child is born with a birth defect, genetic syndrome, or disability.
The risk for children of first cousins is increased over this background, by about 3%. ( Not enough to forbid or look down upon )
The above information is from the “Genetic Awareness Project”
Another note of fact: Mary and Joseph were first cousins…. and though Jesus supposedly was immaculately conceived his siblings were definitely born of Mary and Joseph. If G-d sanctioned their marriage then who are we to say that such marriages are taboo?
You missed another famous couple who were cousins. FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt..
The outlaw Jesse James married his first cousin, Zerelda Mimms. She tended to his wounds from the Civil War.