They get married and after 10 years find out it’s them cousins. Here’s what happened to the couple, made up of Celina Quinones, 37, and Joseph Quinones, 44. The two have stated that they have no intention of breaking up, but that they are now one Family are united and love each other very much. The bitter discovery came years later Marriage: They found out they were related because their grandmothers were first cousins. Here’s what happened.
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Celina and Joseph Quinones have been a couple for 17 years. Neither of them could imagine that they were cousins. It was a bitter discovery made years after the marriage when examining the inheritance papers they were to leave to their children.
When they found out the degree of kinship from the notary, the two decided to do a DNA test, which confirmed what had already been established in the registry. “We decided to do the DNA test and that’s when we found out. I had a little stomach ache. In my head I thought we should get a divorce,” the 37-year-old from Colorado admitted.
Celina and Joseph first met at a Halloween party and decided to date after love at first sight. Since then, they have never been separated and will celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary next month. Earlier this year, Celina decided to go public with the fact that her husband is also her cousin and made a TikTok video for The Truly Show about how she found out. But the couple was immediately met with criticism and insults, calling their relationship “sick”.
The reaction of social networks and relatives
“So creepy, why would you marry your cousin? They look so alike, how could they not know? I feel sorry for the children. I would be embarrassed if I were her. They outraged so many people when they revealed their children “didn’t ask too many questions” when they were told,” some users commented under the video.
Celina’s dad Mark says they should “definitely” be together. “They are very comfortable together, they complement each other and are our family and will stay together for a long time, just like my wife and I. I would have accepted them anyway, they are my family”.
Celina and Joseph say they now ignore the haters and want to remain happily married: “It’s easy for people who insult us to speak up without knowing the full story,” comments Celina. “Nearly eleven years later, three kids later, we found that you can’t give that up,” Joseph concluded.
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