Genealogy Chat

On my father's side, my grandmother and one of her sister's married my grandfather and one of his brother's!

I have a brother and sister who had a double wedding in 1849, their bride and groom were also brother and sister! Karen Neumann

I'm pretty sure I have this is my tree - two brothers from my family married two women with the same surname, I checked it out and am 99.9% certain that they were Sisters. Kaye x

Hi Giles I have a couple of such situations and GR can handle it so long as you import your tree via Gedcom. But I doubt if you'll be able to delete any of them, should the need arise!

I have this happen it was my gt,Grandmother and her sister who married two brothers. Also I have an uncle who came from one line from around 1700,he married someone who came from another brother of the same family back in 1700.I wonder now if they both knew of their connection that far back.I thought it was great. Angie

Yes I have it a couple of times. When you think about it, back then in a village it was probably very common.

My ex-husband's mother was 1 of 3 sisters that married 3 brothers!!

I have a mother (a widow) and a daughter marrying a father (a widower) and a son.

We have it twice, in the same family as well. My wife' s g granfather Archibald and his sister married two siblings from the same family. Two of his daughters then married two brothers...!

Giles I have a brother and sister marrying a brother and sister. Three of them are still alive. In same family I have a brother marrying and when he died his wife married his brother. Dawn

I don't know if I have or not. In 1869 two Gorrod sisters married two Worboys in the same area 3 months apart, one groom was my ancestor and the other MAY have been his brother. On the second marriage (my ancestor) the groom's father is annotated 'deceased', but I can't find a death in those three months. However, the father of the first groom was alive in 1881. So at the moment I have to assume that the second groom was NOT my ancestor, but the only birth I can find for the right name/area/date would make them brothers. Aren't brick walls fun!

Hi Yes it happened 3 times in my line Susan

I had one sister married to George, she died in childbirth. Then he married her sister. Her other sister was my Gran and she married his brother. Took me ages to sort that one out Linda

Yes, I have two sisters who had a double wedding and married two brothers. Both men are now sadly dead, so the two widows are very close and take holidays together each year.

well mine is a bit complicated, After being widowed ,Grt nan married her cousin .he died then she married his elder brother WHO had been married previously to HER younger sister. Not sure if the 3rd marriage was strictly legal. Shirley

Hello Gilles, I have two sisiters who married two brothers in 1855 on the same day. Helen

I have that a couple of times. And step children marrying. GR just doubles them up :)

Has anyone ever come across this situation in your family tree? It occurs twice in mine! I'm just importing my tree right this minute, and I hope GR can handle it!!