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To: kiryandil
She married her uncle (her mother's brother) when she was 22, and divorced him in 2015, when she was about 39.

She had two sons with her uncle.

The grandmother in question, is the mother of her mother, and the mother of her uncle/husband.

Such incestuous marriages (and the resulting high birth defect rate) are common in the islamic world. About half of marriages in Afghanistan are between first cousins.

Ali, whom the Shia (from the Arabic Shi atu 'Ali, "the partisans of Ali") believe was the rightful heir to Muhammad as Caliph, was Muhammad's cousin, nephew and son-in-law.

11 posted on 08/17/2019 9:50:18 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
Such incestuous marriages (and the resulting high birth defect rate) are common in the islamic world. About half of marriages in Afghanistan are between first cousins.

So they are destroying themselves? Nice!

12 posted on 08/17/2019 9:53:50 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: BeauBo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree_of_Ali

OMG, that’s worse than the Habsburgs!


28 posted on 08/17/2019 11:22:55 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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