- Celina says that she still doesn’t know to what extent her and her husband are related.
If you haven’t read Family of Five Was Already Family According to DNA: Part One, follow the link. Because this is part two.
“I was in shock. I was a little depressed over it, to be honest. But this was after we already had three kids, and all of them were healthy,” says Celina of the couple’s two sons, ages 15 and 13, and their 10-year-old daughter. “They have 10 fingers, 10 toes, but it was just a shock.”
“Joseph was like, ‘Babe, don’t worry about it. It’s not a big deal. Just brush it off.’ I was like, ‘Should we get a divorce? Are we even supposed to be together?’ I started rethinking … and then after a while, I was like, ‘Nope, we’re just staying together.’ There’s nothing we can do about it. I’m not going to let some blood come between us.”
Celina says that she still doesn’t know to what extent her and her husband are related, even after they’re already family. The DNA tests came back and indicated they are between second and seventh cousins. This would mean the closest relative potentially in common between to two of them would be a great-grandparent.
Celina put a pause on researching her family tree after the discovery, but says she hopes to eventually learn about what ancestry connects her and Joseph. She says she thought it would be “funny” to announce it and tell people on TikTok, even though they’re already family.
“I didn’t think anything of it,” she says. “I didn’t think it would go this viral.”
Although, she says she’s glad she did it.
“I feel a little more free,” she says. “Like, it is what it is. There are people that love no matter what or who, so why can’t I love my cousin by accident?”
Well, that’s one way to look at it. But at the end of the day, love is love and they’re already family. Nothing is better that family, right?
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