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This is a list of prominent individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a cousin, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle.

Cousin union increases the probability of the issue's having a genetic disease. However, the probability is still relatively small—roughly 6%. The same probability is present in issue of women who give birth over the age of 40. Since many of these unions took place before the 20th century, most women gave birth before the age of 30.

Because many people regard cousin couplings as taboo, they mistakenly assume that an infrequent presence of coupled cousins in a lineage means that the descendants must have one or more genetic diseases. The risk of such diseases does rise, however, when a lineage includes many cousin couplings.

Royalty

Europe

The royal couples listed here are but a small representation of the innumerable cousins of varying degrees who have married between royal or noble houses.

Isabella
Mary, Queen of Scots
Catherine II
Marie Antoinette
Victor Emmanuel II
Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria
Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Tsar Nicholas II
Kamehameha the Great
Kamehameha IV
Queen Emma
Guangxu Emperor
Prince Shōtoku
Carol II of Romania

Outside Europe










Notable commoners

Bach
von Braun
Darwin
Einstein
Malthus
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Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Poe
Prus
Rachmaninoff
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Ray
Roosevelt
Stravinsky
Voltaire (Arouet)
Wells

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

  • Benjamin Harrison V, American revolutionary leader, and his second cousin, Elizabeth Bassett[23]
  • Alexander Herzen, Russian writer and political activist, and his cousin, Natalya Zakharina.[citation needed]
  • Klara Hitler, daughter of Johann Pölzl and Johanna Hiedler. Either her grandfather Johann Nepomuk Hiedler or his brother was likely her husband Alois Hitler's biological father. Moreover, Johann was her future husband's step-uncle. Even after they were married, Klara still called her husband "Uncle". [2] [3]
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., the poet, and his second cousin, Amelia Lee Jackson[24]
  • Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his second cousin, Sarah Scott[25]

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K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

  • H. G. Wells, author, and his first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells (first wife)[47]
  • William Whipple, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his first cousin, Catherine Moffatt[48]









See also

References

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