Pair Keep Marriage a Secret for 3 Years, Then Find Out They May Be Cousins

Pair Keep Marriage a Secret for 3 Years, Then Find Out They May Be Cousins
Jul 12, 2013 By eChinacities.com

You really couldn’t write stuff like this.

Hailing from Guangzhou, 26-year-old Li Xiang and 25-year-old Sun Wen have been a happily married husband and wife for over three years. They met at a university party in 2007, and soon struck up a chord before getting married in February 2009. As the pair were still students however, they kept the marriage a secret as they were worried about how their families would react.

At the end of 2012, Li came clean (sort of) to his father and told him he’d met a girl, and planned to marry her. After seeing his father rejoice at the news, Li and Sun were relieved that they no longer had to keep their love a secret. It was during Spring Festival this year that Li’s family finally met Sun, though it was Li’s uncle, Li Jianwen, who upon laying eyes on Sun, was shocked and speechless. Li Jianwen announced, “You can’t get married!” in front the family, as he then summoned up the courage to reveal a secret of his own to the bemused crowd.

It turned out, that Li Jianwen was a previous lover of Sun’s mother and even after they formally split up and Sun’s mother remarried, kept on an affair for years. It was therefore plausible that Sun was his biological daughter. After doing a paternity test, the result concluded that they were related. The devastated couple then went to court to apply for an annulment on July 3 which was granted. Awkward much? 

Source: news.dayoo.com

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Thakkudu

i dont really think they need to divorce... Yes... its not good scientifically to marry cousin.. .. the reason is very minor... Not actually worth breaking a 3 year long marriage.. they should have continued... Remember in some old culture... ppl are only allowed to get married to cousins... its like marriage is fixed when they are born .... still generatons passed without any problem...

Jul 13, 2013 20:38 Report Abuse

lightend

this wouldt be cousins, this would be half sister and brother

Jul 14, 2013 09:08 Report Abuse

tigertiger

His uncle's child? Cousin.

Jul 14, 2013 20:59 Report Abuse

dandmcd

I...I don't know what to say. Every time I think I've seen and read it all in China, this comes along.

Jul 12, 2013 22:10 Report Abuse