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Utah Man Sentenced for Marrying his 15-year-old Cousin

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  1. fadeaway

    fadeaway Member

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    This guy likes keeping it in the family. Yeeeee-haaaaw!


    Man Sentenced for Marrying his 15-year-old Cousin


    SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- A member of Utah's polygamous Kingston clan was sentenced Monday to a year in prison for taking a 15-year-old cousin -- who was also his aunt -- as his wife.

    Jeremy Ortell Kingston pleaded guilty to incest in an arrangement with prosecutors. The felony charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor if Kingston successfully completes three years' probation.

    Kingston was 24 when he took LuAnn Kingston as his fourth wife in 1995. Family members say he has at least 17 children.

    At a hearing in October, Kingston told the judge: "I had a relationship, a sexual relationship, with LuAnn for about four years. That relationship ended about four years ago."

    After Monday's sentencing, Luann Kingston told reporters: "I was glad that they saw through all of his save-face comments."

    LuAnn Kingston left her marriage in 2000, taking with her their two daughters. She said she went to police hoping to set an example for other polygamous wives.

    The Kingston clan, also known as the Latter Day Church of Christ, includes an estimated 1,200 members. The secretive group has amassed a $150 million business empire, running Utah companies that include pawn shops, restaurant supply stores and dairies.

    The clan is not part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which practiced polygamy widely until the 1890s, when church leaders renounced it as a condition for Utah statehood.

    Polygamists are now excommunicated from the Mormon church.

    Last year, Jeremy Kingston's uncle, David Ortell Kingston, was released from prison after serving four years for committing incest with a 16-year-old niece.
     
    #1 fadeaway, Jan 28, 2004
  2. DFW_Rockets_Fan

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    I could not figure this one out. How can someone be your cousin and your aunt?
     
    #2 DFW_Rockets_Fan, Jan 28, 2004
  3. rockHEAD

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    #3 rockHEAD, Jan 28, 2004
  4. MoBalls

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    What is wrong with that? R.Kelly
     
    #4 MoBalls, Jan 28, 2004
  5. Mr. Clutch

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    His Dad had a 15 yr old sister. So I guess his grandfather was still having babies when he was growing up.
     
    #5 Mr. Clutch, Jan 28, 2004
  6. nyquil82

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    i think that would be if his grandfather/uncle married his aunt. that would make his granduncle's daughter his aunt and his cousin.
     
    #6 nyquil82, Jan 28, 2004
  7. AroundTheWorld

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    Must be a Jazz fan...
     
    #7 AroundTheWorld, Jan 28, 2004
  8. Isabel

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    well, that family tree doesn't fork.

    To pick up women, they go to a family reunion. Already having a wife does not keep you from being able to pick up more.

    Where (in Utah) do these people live anyway? Next time you're through there, keep an eye out for slow-witted people with extra fingers and toes.

    Seriously, I wonder what happens to all the other men. If some of these men have several wives - I know the ratio is not that highly in favor of women. Are there lots of men out there who don't get a wife at all?

    (That doesn't seem fair. Also, any society that would let this guy have lots of wives, even from his own family, but wouldn't let me just pick up an extra husband or two, is also not fair.)
     
    #8 Isabel, Jan 28, 2004
  9. bamaslammer

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    Good lord, how sick!
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    You sure do look pretty with all that barbeque sauce around your mouth!

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    Inbreeders!!!!!!
     
    #9 bamaslammer, Jan 28, 2004
  10. Rocketman95

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    Funny coming from bamaslammer.
     
    #10 Rocketman95, Jan 28, 2004
  11. Isabel

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    <i>"Tell me, how was I supposed to know we were both related? Believe me, if I knew she was my cousin we never would have dated. What to do now - should I go ahead and propose and get hitched and have kids with eleven toes and move to <b>Alabama</b> where that kind of thing is tolerated?"</i> -Weird Al

    :)

    (I've got half Alabama blood myself... and the other half comes from nearby states with the same kind of reputations.)
     
    #11 Isabel, Jan 28, 2004
  12. Oski2005

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    Oh I'm my own grandpa

    I'm my own grandpa

    It sounds funny I know

    But it really is so

    I'm my own grandpa
     
    #12 Oski2005, Jan 28, 2004
  13. Drewdog

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    Was she hot??
     
    #13 Drewdog, Jan 28, 2004
  14. Mr. Mooch

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    Oh come now, it's not like it happens daily (actually, it's a sad, sad coincidence when the local news began yesterday with a segment about a guy who married his cousin. :( )

    I think it's a north Georgia thing.
     
    #14 Mr. Mooch, Jan 28, 2004
  15. moestavern19

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    Hahahahah, I also thought of this song while I was reading this story.
     
    #15 moestavern19, Jan 28, 2004
  16. bamaslammer

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    Yeah, yeah, yeah......:rolleyes:
     
    #16 bamaslammer, Jan 28, 2004
  17. a-rock

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    are you guys sure cletis don´t has relatives in utah? :)
     
    #17 a-rock, Jan 28, 2004
  18. gs1998

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    You know, ancient Egyptians were fond of marrying within their immediate families. They thought by doing so would keep the 'royal lineage' pure, as they were chosen by the gods.

    In fact, Cleopatra was married to her brothers.

    http://interoz.com/egypt/cleopatr.htm
     
    #18 gs1998, Jan 28, 2004
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