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PROHIBITED DEGREES OF
RELATIONSHIP Extract
from Manual on solemnization and registration of
marriages
It is pointed out:
-
that a man may marry the sister or any
female relative of his deceased or divorced wife, except an
ancestor of descendant of such wife; and
-
that a woman may marry the brother or any
male relative of her deceased or divorced husband, except an
ancestor or descendant of such husband after Iddat
(waiting period).
As a guide it is mentioned that it is
not lawful for a man to marry any person mentioned in column
(1) or for a woman to marry any person mentioned in
(2)
|
One (1) |
Two (2) |
| Mother |
Father |
| Daughter |
Son |
| Father's mother |
Father's father |
| Mother's mother |
Mother's father |
| Son's daughter |
Son's son |
| Daughter's daughter |
Daughter's son |
| Sister |
Brother |
| Wife's mother |
Husband's father |
| Wife's daughter |
Husband's son |
| Father's wife |
Mother's husband |
| Son's wife |
Daughter's husband |
| Father's father's wife |
Father's mother's
husband |
| Mother's father's wife |
Mother's mother's
husband |
| Wife's father's mother |
Husband's father's
father |
| Wife's mother's mother |
Husband's mother's
father |
| Wife's son's daughter |
Husband's son's son |
| Wife's daughter's
daughter |
Husband's daughter's
son |
| Wife's son's wife |
Son's daughter's
husband |
| Daughter's son's wife |
Daughter's daughter's
husband |
| Father's sister |
Father's brother |
| Mother's sister |
Mother's brother |
| Brother's daughter |
Brother's son |
| Brother's brother's
daughter |
Brother's brother's
son |
| Brother's son's
daughter |
Brother's daughter's
son |
| Sister's daughter |
Sister's son |
| Sister's sister's
daughter |
Sister's son's son |
| Sister's son's daughter |
Sister's daughter's
son |
|