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From: "Lyndall" <>
Subject: [Lon] In-law marriages
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 04:55:34 +1000
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In a message dated 4/16/02 1:20:31 AM Central Daylight Time,

writes:

<< One of the results was that it was against the law for many years for a
man to marry
his deceased wife's sister, >>

I find this interesting as that was a way used here to take care of the
wife
and children/husband and children of a widow/widower. I have several
instances of this happening within my immigrating English families. The
husband/wife dies and the next sibling of that person, in line marrys the
widow/widower to care for the family.

Annie in Minnesota
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I hope that someone with better biblical knowledge than I have can let us
know, but I have a strong feeling that it is written somewhere in the Old
Testament that it was the DUTY of a man to marry his widowed sister-in-law
and to adopt the children of his brother as his own.

Lyndall
Canberra, Oz

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