FAMILY MARRIAGE
i QUEER CASE IX CHINA An extraordinary "mass" wedding —in which a widower and his three sons have married a widow and her three daughters—has taken place in a village in Nan On district, Kwangtung Province, China. Both the widow and the widower were aged 40. "Mass" marriages are encouraged in China on the grounds of economy, but this is believed to be the first time a family has wed a family.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4845, 14 May 1936, Page 2
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74FAMILY MARRIAGE King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4845, 14 May 1936, Page 2
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