N. Eshelman
Puritan Board Senior
So my wife and I were discussing a strange situation last night. I am really unsure at the counsel that I would give. Can you all help?
A young man and a young woman are each adopted and they get married. A couple of years into their marriage they find out that they both share the same biological father. This makes them 1/2 brother and sister.
What is the counsel to them? Is it lawful for them to remain married, or does the fact that they are related too closely according to the laws of affinity mean that they were never married to begin with?
I suppose it could happen.... and does.
A young man and a young woman are each adopted and they get married. A couple of years into their marriage they find out that they both share the same biological father. This makes them 1/2 brother and sister.
What is the counsel to them? Is it lawful for them to remain married, or does the fact that they are related too closely according to the laws of affinity mean that they were never married to begin with?
I suppose it could happen.... and does.