Carmela & 12th ST.,


Among all the Italians in the South, The Sicilians were the most inclined to intermarry. In other words, it was not uncommon for Cousins some times to marry.
My wife is Sicilian and her parents were first cousins.

Also, I know of some cases where two brothers married 2 sisters and a brother & sister married another brother and sister. It makes the children double first cousins.

Sicilians are very clannish. That's why the Sicilian Mafia clans were successful. Each clan was mostly all related by blood or marriage.