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Old 06-26-2008, 07:36 AM   #18
SARGE/AF
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Kissing Cousins

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Originally Posted by sander17 View Post
quote: "So what are kissing cousins?"

A song from a 60's Elvis movie!
This nickname was actually formed in the southwest, actual place is unclear, kinda sounded like grandma was refering to Miss/Tenn/Ark area, when I talked with grandparents, they explained to me that it was a term used when 2 people married who was related but was so far removed that their only relationship was by geneology.
And yes Elvis made a song about it, kinda funny that he made that song and he is from the same area in which the saying supposedly came from.

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