Marriage with cousin
robin
(Querist) 14 July 2012
This query is : Resolved
sir i want to marry a girl who is in relation with me . first of all we both are north Indian.she is of 18 and mine age is 21.
she is my mother's cousin sister's daughter in other words she is my mother's maternal uncle's daughter's daughter.so i want to know that whether i can marry her legally or not. Kindly give me good suggestion.
Nadeem Qureshi
(Expert) 14 July 2012
Dear Querist
legally you can not marry her
Section 3(g) in The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
(g) " degrees of prohibited relationship"- two persons are said to be within the" degrees of prohibited relationship"--
(i) if one is a lineal ascendant of the other; or
(ii) if one was the wife or husband of a lineal ascendant or descendant of the other; or
(iii) if one was the wife of the brother or of the father' s or mother' s brother or of the grandfather' s or grandmother' s brother of the other; or
(iv) if the two are brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters; Explanation.- For the purposes of clauses (f) and (g), relationship includes-
(i) relationship by half or uterine blood as well as by full blood;
(ii) illegitimate blood relationship as well as legitimate;
(iii) relationship by adoption as well as by blood; and all terms of relationship in those clauses shall be construed accordingly.
Nadeem Qureshi
(Expert) 14 July 2012
(f) (i) "sapinda relationship" with reference to any person extends as far as the third generation (inclusive) in the line of ascent through the mother, and the fifth (inclusive) in the line of ascent through the father, the line being traced upwards in each case from the person concerned, who is to be counted as the first generation;
(ii) two persons are said to be "sapindas" of each other if one is a lineal ascendant of the other within the limits of sapinda relationship, or if they have a common lineal ascendant who is within the limits of sapinda relationship with reference to each of them;
robin
(Querist) 14 July 2012
thank you for guidance, i want to know which clause of section 3(g) said this...
A V Vishal
(Expert) 14 July 2012
YOU CAN MARRY THERE IS NO BAR, YOU MAY MARRY HER.
robin
(Querist) 14 July 2012
thank u for ur valuable suggestion but an expert nadeem qureshi said no u can't marriage her as u r in the limits of sapinda relation.....
robin
(Querist) 14 July 2012
sir i need clarification so that no one can cause any problem to my marriage
R.K Nanda
(Expert) 14 July 2012
You cannot marry her being in prohibited
spinda relationship.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 14 July 2012
is there any shortage of girls ? why you want to marry your mother first cousin daughter . ?
marriage within family is risky . it increases chances of birth defects among your children .
you are only 21 now . first build your career then think of marriage .
