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Title: Re: Marriage Impediment RC Latin translation
Post by: genseacher on Wednesday 02 November 16 22:14 GMT (UK)

Hi all

Would appreciate if someone could decipher the Roman Cathoic marriage impediment which
appears to be in Latin
Many thanks
Genseacher

Title: Re: Marriage Impediment RC Latin translation
Post by: Bookbox on Wednesday 02 November 16 23:35 GMT (UK)

Dispensation was granted by the Vicar for a 4th-to-4th degree of consanguinity.

I think this indicates the couple were 3rd cousins (with shared great-great-grandparents).

ADDED - but some websites state 1st cousins  ???