Is it possible to get married when the two families have been connexion?

Legal situation:

My girlfriend and I have been together for four years. But the family does not allow us to get married because her biological uncle is married to my biological sister. That is, if I get married, my father will be the connexion of both her grandfather and her father. So can my girlfriend and I get married? Sincerely thank you.

FDVN’s opinion:

Thank you for concerning and trusting in FDVN’s legal services. Based on your consulting requirements, after studying the legal documents, FDVN Law Firm offers the following advice:

Pursuant to point d, Clause 2, Article 5 of the Law on Marriage and Family 2014, which provides one of the cases in which the marriage is prohibited: “Getting married or cohabitating as husband and wife between people of the same direct bloodline; relatives within three generations; adoptive parent and adopted child; or former adoptive parent and adopted child, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, mother-in-law and son-in-law, or stepparent and stepchild;”

Pursuant to Clause 18, Article 3 of the Law on Marriage and Family 2014 providing as follows: “Relatives within three generations are people born of the same stock with parents constituting the first generation; full siblings, paternal half-siblings and maternal half-siblings constituting the second generation; and children of paternal aunts, maternal aunts, paternal uncles, maternal uncles constituting the third generation.”

In addition, at point c.3 items 1 of the Resolution No.02/2000/NQ-HDTP of the Council of Judges of the Supreme People’s Court, which guides the application of some articles of the Law on Marriage and Family in 2000 as follows: “People of the same direct bloodline are between parents and their children, between paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents, and grandchildren. Relatives within three generations are people born of the same stock with parents constituting the first generation; full siblings, paternal half-siblings, and maternal half-siblings constituting the second generation; and children of paternal aunts, maternal aunts, paternal uncles, maternal uncles constituting the third generation.”

 Based on these above provisions, it can be seen that your girlfriend and you are not the same direct bloodline, and are not relatives within three generations. Thus, as long as you do not violate regulations of conditions for marriage prescribed in Article 8 of the Law on Marriage and Family 2014, your girlfriend and you can get married legally.

Above is the FDVN LAW FIRM’s opinion for your consulting requests based on studying the relevant legal provisions. Hopefully, FDVN’s advice would be helpful to you.

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