"double cousin" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: double cousin

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: The couple celebrates with both families at once, since Zeba Shah’s husband’s brother is married to her sister.…Children conceived from such unions, often called “double cousins” because they’re first cousins twice over, are genetically more similar than cousins, but share fewer genes than siblings. They also have the same two sets of grandparents.

Article or Document Title:
“Families’ double bonds” (URL)

Author:
Alexis Grant

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Houston Chronicle

Publishing Location:
Texas

Date of Publication:
Dec. 24, 2006

This catchword has yet to be researched.

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Comments:

My mother’s Swiss immigrant family in Nebraska used this term at least as far back as her young adulthood in the 1930’s. In the last few decades of the 19th century, marriages were encouraged to take place within the same language- and- church group, and the combination of sparse populations on the prairie and large immigrant families often encouraged pairs or even trios of siblings to marry.
by ruthc 29 Dec 06, 0729 GMT

I am a double cousin, which I love being. It is really great to have exactly the same relatives all the way around… Thanks Linda Lang
by Linda Lang 12 Feb 07, 0426 GMT