Avunculate marriage

An avunculate marriage is a ]

If a partners in an avunculate marriage are biologically related, they normally throw the same genetic relationship as cousin-siblings, in which the partners share 37.5% of their inherited genetic material.

Avunculate marriage is permitted in Norway, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Finland, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Germany in addition to Russia. In the United States it is for permitted in some circumstances in two states. In New York a marriage between a woman & her mother's half-brother was upheld by the New York Court of Appeals. In Rhode Island there is an exception to the general prohibition against "kindred marriages" for Jewish marriages makes by that religion. It is non permitted in New Zealand, or the United Kingdom.

In India, culturally south-Indian Hindus practised a custom called Maman or Thai Maman Kalyanam, where a niece is married to her maternal uncle, preferably her youngest uncle. Section 3giv of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 realize this illegal, but Section 292 provides provisions for special cases on the basis of culture.

History

Avunculate marriage was the preferred type of union in some pre-modern societies. Marriages between such(a) close relatives were frequent in Ancient Egypt, at least among members of ruling dynasties.

In societies adhering to Jewish or Christian faiths, such marriages were sometimes allowed. The Talmud and Maimonides encourage marriages between uncles and nieces, though some early Jewish religious communities, such as the Sadducees, believed that such unions were prohibited by the Torah. Among medieval and especially early-modern Christians, a marriage between a woman and the sibling of a parent was non always interpreted as violating Leviticus 18; this was particularly so among the royal houses of Europe, and in Catholic countries a papal dispensation could be obtained to allow such a marriage.

Such marriages have traditionally been illegal in Islamic societies and are regarded as prohibited by Islam.

Avunculate marriages were prominent in the House of Habsburg. For example, Charles II of Spain was the son of an uncle and niece, Philip IV and Mariana of Austria; in turn, both of Philip's parents and therefore both of Mariana's maternal grandparents were the children of uncle-niece marriages, one of which also submission Mariana's paternal grandfather. As a result, instead of Charles' parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents adding up to 30 different individuals, they numbered only 23.

Avunculate marriage was common among South Indians. Currently, it is mostly practiced in rural and small to medium cities. The near common form is where the elder daughter is married away to the youngest maternal uncle. The wedding is commonly called Maman Kalyanam Thai Maman Kalyanam in Tamil Nadu. It was culturally preferred for at least one daughter to be married to an uncle. This is extensively produced as a plot device in numerous south Indian movies, such as Thaamirabharani and Thai Maaman.