Which of These Famous People Was Never Married to His Cousin?
Among well-known figures linked to cousin marriages, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all married cousins. One prominent name often mentioned in this list was never married to a cousin.
Charles Darwin married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and had ten children together. Albert Einstein married his first cousin, Elsa Löwenthal, after his first marriage ended. Franklin D. Roosevelt married his fifth cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt.
The famous person in this group who was never married to a cousin is John F. Kennedy. He married Jacqueline Bouvier, who was not a cousin. The Kennedy family tree includes cousin marriages, but John F. Kennedy himself did not marry one.
For more details on cousin marriages among famous figures, see this history article on cousin marriage.
