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Thomas Jefferson and Martha Wayles Skelton: Thomas
Jefferson was the 3rd President of the United States, who married
his third cousin Martha - a widow, in 1772. Martha died after a few months of
giving birth to her last child in 1782.
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Thomas
Jefferson, Martha Wayles Skelton
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Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray: Satyajit Ray was
a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He married his first cousin Bijoya in 1949. He died
in 1992 due to hearth ailment and breathing problems.
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Satyajit Ray, Bijoya Ray
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Rudy Giuliani and Regina Peruggi: Rudy Giuliani,
former mayor of New York city, married Regina Peruggi in 1968, who was also his
second cousin. They were aware of their family connection, but didn’t came to
know how closely they were related at the time of the wedding. The couple separated
in the mid 1970s and finally got divorced in 1982.
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Rudy Giuliani, regina peruggi
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Queen Victoria
and Albert: The British Queen married her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1840. Prince Albert died
in 1861.
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Queen Victoria, Prince Albert
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Queen
Elizabeth II & Prince Philip: The British Queen and the Prince of Greece were third cousins. They knew each other since childhood and in
the summer of 1946, Philip proposed to Elizabeth. They got married in 1947.
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Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Albert
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