8 Famous People Who Married Their Cousin
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Edgar Allan Poe – At 20 the famous American poet buried his parents and moved in with his uncle and aunt. He met his soon to be wife right in their house. She was seven years old at the time and he married her when she was thirteen. Sadly, she died only eighteen years later and he only lived two years longer.
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Jerry Lee Lewis – You wouldn’t expect a Grammy-winning rock star to worry about his behavior too much. Jerry Lee Lewis married Myra Gale Brown, his first cousin, who was only 13 years old at the time. Jerry was 22. This caused a lot of bad press and the rock star was even forced to cancel his entire tour.
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