Sometimes the apple doesn’t fall from the tree, especially if it’s the apple of someone’s eye. Although inbreeding is generally frowned upon (the National Conference of State Legislatures reads that 25 out of the 50 United States have banned marrying a first cousin) there have been several famous people who married a relative.
Just a few weeks ago, rapper Kevin Gates proudly proclaimed he was still digging his new partner even after realzing she was his cousin. That seems to have been the case here in plenty of instances, including a few former U.S. presidents.
Check out the collection famous people who married a relative in the gallery below.
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Kevin Bacon & Kyra Sedgwick
9th Cousins, Once Removed
Thomas Jefferson & Martha Wayles Skelton (No, she wasn’t a slave)
3rd Cousins
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Rudy Giuliani & Regina Peruggi
2nd Cousins
Saddam Hussein & Sajida Talfah
1st Cousins
Charles Darwin & Emma Wedgewood
1st Cousins
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Albert Einstein & Elsa Löwenthal
1st Cousins (Maternally) 2nd Cousins (Paternally)
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Jerry Lee Lewis & Myra Gale Brown
1st Cousins
Jesse James & Zerelda “Zee” Mimms
1st Cousins
