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The family of the late wife, in other words, must provide a replacement for her, thus maintaining the marriage alliance. Both levirate and sororate may result in a man having multiple wives. [38] Village chief and his wives in Guinea, c. 1910
Roman emperor Elagabalus married Aquilia Severa first as his second wife, then divorced her to marry another woman, but soon divorced his third wife to remarry Aquilia; Kid McCoy, American prize fighter, who married and divorced ten times, but only from eight women, since three of those marriages were to the same spouse, Julia Woodruff
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed the decision on April 11, 2016 [62] On January 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear arguments from the husband and four wives who star in the television show Sister Wives, letting stand a lower court ruling that kept polygamy a crime in Utah. [63]
Within the Young household there was an arranged cooperative effort among the wives and children. [14] Many wives served in particular roles, such as Zina Huntington (m. 1846), who served as the family's midwife, and Naamah Carter (m. 1846), who took charge of the Lion House family meals. [12]
Having multiple wives is allowed under Saudi law, according to a 2008 study published in Islamic Law and Society. Christina and Walid got married in 2001, and had been together for about 13 years ...
TLC might need to change the show's name to Sister Wife. With multiple wives and exes, 18 kids, a catfish scandal, a separation, and two divorces, Sister Wives definitely has its fair share of drama.
Four wives bore him children, while the last two were marriages of protection to the widow of his brother Josiah Call, who was killed by Indians, and of his third wife's widowed sister. Call's plural wives included Mary Flint (1812-1901), Ann Mariah Bowen (1834-1924), Margaretta Unwin Clark (1828-1908), Emma Summers (1828-1912), Henrietta ...
Sanjay Gupta's wife of more than a decade, Rebecca Olson, is a family law attorney, and Erin Burnett's husband, David Rubulotta, is a prominent stockbroker.