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They say opposites attract... but not in this case. Keep clicking to see ten celebrities who married their very own cousin. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photos: WPA Pool, Stephen Lovekin, Noel Vasquez/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
A Family AffairThey say opposites attract... but not in this case. Keep clicking to see ten celebrities who married their very own cousin. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photos: WPA Pool, Stephen Lovekin, Noel Vasquez/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Kevin Bacon and ...Kevin Bacon and his wife of 23 years, actress Kyra Sedgwick, recently learned that they are, in fact, distant cousins. The pair was featured on PBS’s new show “Finding Your Roots,” which explores the histories of famous families through genealogy. Six degrees, indeed. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Albert EinsteinFollowing a five-year courtship, Albert Einstein married Elsa Lowenthal on June 2, 1919. Lowenthal and Einstein were related on both sides… she was his first cousin maternally and his second cousin paternally. Talk about being close. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Johann Sebastian...In 1707, shortly after accepting a position as organist at St. Blasius's in Germany, composer Johann Sebastian Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. The pair had seven children together, but only four survived to adulthood. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Jerry Lee Lewis“Great Balls of Fire” singer Jerry Lee Lewis nearly destroyed his own career by marrying Myra Gale Brown in December of 1957. Brown, who was just 13 years old at the time of the wedding, was Lewis’ first cousin once removed. The marriage was Jerry’s third, and the public scandal that erupted as a result forced him into isolation. The pair divorced 13 years later. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Edgar Allen PoePoet Edgar Allen Poe wed his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835, ten years before finding instant success following the publication of “The Raven.” - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Rudy GiulianiFormer New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been married three times. His first wife, Regina Peruggi, was also his second cousin. The pair was aware of their family connection, but did not realize just how closely related they were at the time of the wedding. They decided to divorce in the early 1980s, and were granted an annulment by the Roman Catholic Church in 1983. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin wed his first cousin, English naturalist and scientist Emma Wedgewood, in 1839. The couple had 10 children together, three of whom died very young. Darwin publicly acknowledged his fear that some of his offspring may have inherited weaknesses from inbreeding due to the close family ties he shared with his wife. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Queen Elizabeth ...Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, who met and fell in love when the future Queen was just 13, are second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark and third cousins through Queen Victoria. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photos: AP) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
Franklin D. Roos...Franklin D. Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin once removed, in 1905. FDR was not the first in his family to marry another with the same last name… his own mother and father were also related. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
H.G.WellsH.G. Wells married his cousin, Isabel Mary Wells, in 1891, but the couple split just three years later after the author fell in love with one of his students. - Xfinity Entertainment Programmers (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty) The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Comcast.
