Can I marry my paternal grandmother's sister's son

354 votes

Yes, you can legally marry your paternal grandmother's sister's son, as the degree of relation (second cousin) is typically not within prohibited degrees of marriage in India under secular law, though you should consider factors like religious laws, social customs, and the potential for increased genetic risk due to consanguinity. It is essential to ensure both individuals are adults and to consult a family lawyer for specific advice based on your personal circumstances and religion to avoid future legal or social issues.

LawRato LawRato

906 votes

yes you can, keep the relation apart, if you really love each other from the core of the heart, such things dont make any problems and recently a court has stated to choose your own life partner is your own choice and no one can stop you from doing so, best keep the relative aspect apart and go for marriage under special marriage act

Advocate Aveek Bose LawRato

709 votes

Under Hindu Marriage Act, degrees of prohibited relationship"-two persons are said to be within the "degrees of prohibited relationship"- (i) if one is a lineal ascendant of the other; or (ii) if one was the wife or husband of a lineal ascendant or descendant of the other; or (iii) if one was the wife of the brother or of the father's or mother's brother or of the grandfather's or grandmother's brother of the other; or (iv) if the two are brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters; Explanation. - For the purposes of clauses (f) and (g), relationship includes- (i) relationship by half or uterine blood as well as by full blood; (ii) illegitimate blood relationship as well as legitimate; (iii) relationship by adoption as well as by blood and all terms of relationship in those clauses shall be construed accordingly. the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two; Degrees of Prohibited relationship” under Special Marriage Act. 1. Mother 2. Father’s widow (step-mother) 3. Mother’s mother 4. Mother’s father’s widow (step grand-mother) 5. Mother’s mother’s mother 6. Mother’s mother’s father’s widow (step great grand-mother) 7. Mother’s father’s mother 8. Mother’s father’s father’s widow (step great grand-mother) 9. Father’s mother 10. Father’s father’s widow (step grand-mother) 11. Father’s mother’s mother 12. Father’s mother’s father’s widow (step great grand-mother) 13. Father’s father’s mother 14. Father’s father’s father’s widow (step great grand mother) 15. Daughter 16. Son’s widow 17. Daughter’s daughter 18. Daughter’s son’s widow 19. Son’s daughter 20. Son’s son’s widow 21. Daughter’s daughter’s daughter 22. Daughter’s daughter’s son’s widow 23. Daughter’s son’s daughter 24. Daughter’s son’s son’s widow 25. Son’s daughter’s daughter 26. Son’s daughter’s son’s widow 27. Son’s son’s daughter 28. Son’s son’s son’s widow 29. Sister 30. Sister’sdaughter 31. Brother’s daughter 32. Mother’s sister 33. Father’s sister 34. Father’s brother’s daughter 35. Father’s sister’s daughter 36. Mother’s sister’s daughter 37. Mother’s brother’s daughter Explanation.—For the Purposes of this Part, the expression “widow” includes a divorced wife. 1. Father 2. Mother’s husband (step-father) 3. Father’s fathter 4. Father’s mother’s husband (step grand-father) 5. Father’s father’s father 6. Father’s father’s mother’s husband (step great grand-father) 7. Father’s mother’s father 8. Father’s mother’s mother’s husband (Step great grand-father) 9. Mother’s father 10. Mother’s mother’s husband (step grand-father) 11. Mother’s father’s father 12. Mother’s father’s mother’s husband (step great grand-father) 13. Mother’s mother’s father 14. Mother’s mother’s mother’s husband (step great grand-father) 15. Son 16. Daughter’s husband 17. Son’s son 18. Son’s daughter’s husband 19. Daughter’s son 20. Daughter’s daughter’s husband 21. Son’s son’s son 22. Son’s son’s daughter’s husband 23. Son’s daughter’s son 24. Son’s daughter’s daughter’s husband 25. Daughter’s son’s son 26. Daughter’s son’s daughter’s husband 27. Daughter’s daughter’s son 28. Daughter’s daughter’s daughter’s husband 29. Brother 30. Brother’s son 31. Sister’s son 32. Mother’s brother 33. Father’s brother 34. Father’s brother’s son 35. Father’s sister’s son. 36. Mother’s sister’s son 37. Mother’s brother’s son Explanation.—For the purpose of this Part, the expression “husband” includes a divorced husband.

Advocate Dhrubaraj Bhowmik LawRato

998 votes

as you are a hindu you can do this marriage under hindumarriage act as this does not falls under prohibited relations.this is not a sapinda relationship.only thing that you must have completed the age of 18 yrs and yur hubby 21.

LawRato LawRato

877 votes

Ma'am, You need to specify which school of Hindu do you belong such as Dayabhaga or Mitakshara? You may or may not fall under Sapinda relation to the said person which is prohibited relationship, but even then some sects allow this type of relationship as custom or usage. You may contact me through LawRato so that I could help you by proper advice for the marriage to happen.

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