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The endeavor — which involved bulldozing local slums and replacing them with apartments for poor families — is the brainchild of Anne Guinness and Lady Adelaide Guinness (Ann Skelly), the siblings’ first cousin and Edward’s future wife.
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Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
In contrast, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont still permit first cousin unions.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The royal was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Crime is the first cousin to immigration.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
In contrast, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont still permit first cousin unions.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The royal was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Crime is the first cousin to immigration.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025
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“First cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20cousin. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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