could it be illegal to marry your stepsister ?

[Newtolove]

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[adam]

Ask the girl at work to back up her statement with something credible.

There's a Canadian law book sitting around this room here that I was going to quote for you... but I can't find it. Hmm. I'll get back to you on this.

EDIT: Ah, here we go.

INCEST / PUnishment / Defence / Definition of "brother" and "sister".

155. (1) Every one commits incest who, knowing that another person is by blood relationship his or her parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild, as the case may be, has sexual intercourse with that person.
(2) Every one who commits incest is guilty of an indictable offence and liabe to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
(3) No accused shall be determined by a court to be guilty of an offence under this selection if the accused was under restraint, duress or fear of the person with whom the accused had the sexual intercourse at the time the sexual intercourse occurred.
(4) In this section, "brother" and "sister", respectively, include half-brother and half-sister.

Of course, this is Canadian law, and British law may differ. It appears that, if I understand your situation, you and your half-sister may be the exception. The law was probably created so that abusive half-siblings don't have a legal loophole they can jump through.

But keep in mind that your question related to marriage. And I could not find under "Offences against Conjugal Rights" anything related to marriage between blood or legal relations. However, under "Unlawful Solemnization of Marriage", there is this:

295. Every one who, being lawfully authorized to solemnize marriage, knowingly and wilfully solemnizes a marriage in convtravention of the laws of the province in which the marriage is solemnized is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

So, if you intend on marrying the girl but do not intend on having sex with her, Canada might be the place to be. Unless the province you move to says otherwise.

EDIT EDIT: If you're in Italy, the situation might be different. My family comes from Italy and my family tree does not fork as well as it should.

[Newtolove]

hm well it is english law that was of interest to me really but from a very logical point of veiw (not the veiwpoint of all laws and politicians) unless there is a blood relationship there should be no problem as basically this is all about reducing the risk of deformed children as the probability between blood relations even very distant is huge. mind you for that very reason the egyptian faros married their sisters to prevent malformations being introduced into the line seems they knew more on genetics that we do hehe. what a crazy world. and to think there are tribes where for a father and daughter to have sex is perfectly normal but mother and son no.

[champloo]

i think here in america, that marrying is legal...(to half sisters/brothers)

im gonna google it, ok?

EDIT: ok, i was combing around, and i think this might help a little. note that this is a site i combed around and found via google, and it is about marriage laws in the states.

http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology.../usa-ncst.html

i believe it is pretty accurate, if someone else from america could clarify?

[Newtolove]

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[adam]

Originally Posted by Newtolove

hm well mesa interested in enngland mainly. this is stupid though how can the fact that your father marrys another woman make that womans daughter equivalent to a blood relation for the law preventing you from marrying her.

Looking back on it, the Canadian law specifically says "half-brother" and "half-sister", not "step-brother" and "step-sister". Could the law mean that if you have one parent in common, you may not marry? That makes you a blood relation. I guess I looked over that.

If you do find the passage in English law relating to marriage and it does say half-sister and half-brother, it might be worth looking into as to whether "half" refers to having one common parent or being the child of your parent's s/o.

And remember, you might want to wait until marriage is a serious option before you start fretting. There's still common law marriage, or the two of you could simply live together (no law against that), or you could still date. You're really getting ahead of yourself. Try going out on a few dates before you think about marriage.

[bacchusella]

Originally Posted by adam

And remember, you might want to wait until marriage is a serious option before you start fretting. There's still common law marriage, or the two of you could simply live together (no law against that), or you could still date. You're really getting ahead of yourself. Try going out on a few dates before you think about marriage.

You might also want to remember that you have your parents to worry about. They could be seriously hurt by this whole thing or possibly disown both of you. Is it really worth it? And don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure a stepbrother and stepsister could live together forever and still not be covered under common law (which doesn't even exist in the States anymore, thank you Mr. Bush.)

[champloo]

kinda sucks now isnt it?

he's against things he ended up helping.

[Newtolove]

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[Newtolove]

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