That is not a national law. Some States permit it and some don't.
You can, just not legally. Also you have problems if you want to date your cousin. It is also legal to marry your third cousin.
Edgar Allan Poe did not marry a twelve-year-old. He married his first cousin, Virginia Clemm, when she was thirteen and he was twenty-seven. The marriage was legal at the time and was a common practice among their social circle.
In Canada, it is legal to marry your first cousin. In regards to age wise, as long as there is no sexual intercourse the relationship is perfectly fine.
heck no!! Hes gunna marry my 6 year old cousin:}
There are no laws about dating. Most states don't have a problem with second cousins dating. It is even legal to marry a second cousin in most places.
First of all, it's a bit odd that someone would actually want to do this, so I'm hoping it's one of those situations where you didn't realize you were cousins, next how old are you? At first you saying the cousin is six year younger seemed insignificant but if someone is 18 looking at a 12 year old it is very significant. Having that out of the way, I want to clear up what the person before me wrote. I work with individuals who have disabilities (the term mental retardation isn't used anymore), first cousins who have children have a SLIGHTLY higher chance of having a child with a disability, however that should not stop you from having children, it's more likely for a woman over 35 to have a child born with down syndrome, than it is for cousins to have a child with a disability. you can marry legally. but there will be a higher chance of abnormalities, even mental retardation if you decide to have children. It depends on the laws in your state and if both are of legal age.
It's legal to date cousins and does not count as incest and in most states you can marry. The chance to get children with problems are not bigger than for a couple who are not related at all.
Yes.
In the USA an 18-year-old is a legal adult.... so yes, a 19 year old can marry whoever they want.
yes but don't do it with her or finger her or else Shel moan and i did that with my older 22 year old cousin and she asked to marry me and were both married
Not without parental consent.
If you live in the US it is.