Consanguinity/Affinity

Question 1

consanguinity gen. rule

Answer 1

marriages of close relatives are null and void ab initio

can be penalized by crim. law

Question 2

Immediate family

Answer 2

marriages within nuclear family are universally prohibited

Question 3

Half blood/ adoption

Answer 3

siblings by half blood and adoption are not allowed to marry in most states

Question 4

Extended Family

Answer 4

grandparent/child, uncle/niece marriage prohibitions remain

aboriginal cultures exceptions permitted in few states
religious exception for members of the jewish faith in few states

Question 5

First cousins

Answer 5

twenty states allow marriaged between first cousins

Question 6

Affinity

Answer 6

• no blood relation/ marriage by relation
• kinship relationship from marriage; only prohibited in 16 states (step-parent/child relationships)
• collateral affinity not prohibited at all