Woman was married to sibling for 50 years

A Saudi woman discovered that she was married to her sibling for 50 years and had eight children from him before his death, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

After his recent death, the woman was told that she and her husband had been breastfed by the same mother and that they are not permitted by Islam to marry each other, the Arabic language daily Okaz said.

The paper quoted relatives as saying the woman at first did not believe what she was told at her husband’s funeral and decided to travel to his birthplace to check.

“Relatives of her husband confirmed to her that they are siblings and that she is not permitted to marry him because he is Mahram (unmarriageable kin),” it said in a report from the western Saudi town of Median.

The paper quoted the unnamed woman as saying:”Although I was satisfied that my husband died, I am very upset at what has happened…but it’s God will.”

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