Two brothers marrying two sisters ?

[kerryb]

Crikey talk about keeping it in the family!!!!

Kerry 

[sharonf73]

Hi

I also have this in my family, quite recent too.  My gran's brother married my grandad's sister, so my dad's cousin is his cousin from both his mother and father's side.  I have my head round it now but it gets confusing when trying to explain it to others (and even now I'm starting to doubt myself again because I'm thinking about it but I'm sure that's right!).

Sharon

[hiraeth]

I started genealogy after my parents had died.  I knew they were somehow related to each other but it was a "long way back" -  don't think they knew themselves really.   After doing a fair bit of research I found out that they were second cousins once removed, so my great great grandparents on my mother's side are my great great great grandparents on my dad's side    At first I felt a little cheated - fewer rellies to look up - but I cheered up when I realized I had fewer certificates to buy   

[duckweed]

A few years ago I heard of identical twins marrying identical twins and they had children born on the same day.  Bet that family is confusing.

[kerryb]

I still think it has a lot to do with the way people would have socialised in the 19th century.  Without cars they could not travel so far and in Sussex, it is well known that in winter the clay conditions and the poor roads didn't allow people to travel very far.  So they would turn to the neighbours, people they met in church etc.

Kerry

[halfasheep]

Very similar to my lot - Mary Ann White married a Buckley, and Mary Anne Buckley married a White!

It gets very, very confusing when talking to relatives about it as some refer to them by their maiden names, and otehrs by their married names!

[Jean Price]

I have, well, rather my husband has, a brother and sister marrying a sister and brother. These are his parents, and of course, an aunt and uncle. This is 1939 - 1941, New Zealand. Thus his cousins from the other marriage have exactly the same ancestors as he has. One of my husband's brothers really looks as though he should be in the other family - he looks more like his cousins than his own brothers and sisters.

Jean

[Wyn Rawson]

how do you like this one.
My sister and I married brothers, our other sister her daughter and our daughter married brothers, when the children talk about their aunt she is their second cousin. I think
Wyn

[cando]

Wyn - I think I will have to think about that relationship

My OH has in family in 1850 in Suffolk, two sisters marrying twin brothers.  They all emigrated to Australia. 

One sister died from shall we say marriage no.1 and a brother died from marriage no. 2 so the widower married the widow ie. he married his sister in law.  Talk about keep it in the family.   And to top it off, when she died he married a much younger woman.

Cheers
cando