[ErnBatavia]

I know a guy (Jewish from Noo Joisey - stereotype buster!) who's married to his first cousin. He loves to introduce her as "my wife, my cousin".

Needless to say, he's a tad bit on the kooky side.

[dead]

I think marrying your first cousin is legal everywhere. I could be wrong though.

[wideawake]

FDR was married to his first cousin. Rudolph Giuliani first marriage was to his second cousin.

[johnb838]

First cousins are borderline ok to marry. I'm not sure if all states ban them or not. Second cousins it's perfectly all right, I'm pretty sure. Still a bit distasteful. Inbreeding, even when it doesn't cause overt birth defects, results in weaker, less intelligent, less attractive children. Outbreeding results in the opposite.

[MineralMan]

"I know a guy (Jewish from Noo Joisey - stereotype buster!) who's married to his first cousin. He loves to introduce her as "my wife, my cousin"."

Most states allow first cousins to marry these days. Perhaps you didn't know that.

[Clemenza]

In New York, it is perfectly legal to marry your first cousin. Paul Castellano, the late head of the Gambino crime family, married HIS first cousin to move up within "the family."