South African Couple Shocked to find out they are Brother and Sister just before their Wedding!

In South Africa, an engaged couple who dated for five years have been left in turmoil after their families met and they discovered they were indeed brother and sister. The woman, who is due to give birth next month, is devastated by the discovery that the father of her child is her brother. After introducing their single parent families to each other before their planned marriage, it emerged they were brother and sister who had been separated when they were young and raised separately after an acrimonious divorce.

This seems like a tragic mistake and a highly unlikely series of events had to take place for things to happen as they did. This is a classic example of how a culture can backfire. When it is only acceptable to present a man or woman to your parents when you plan to marry them, then such an oversight can carry on for as long as it did. Things would have been different had the culture encouraged a less candid approach to pre-marriage relationships. The siblings will now have a challenge explaining to their child the circumstances behind their birth should they decide to tell them at all.

This makes me look at first date garbage conversations in a whole new light. Apart from breaking the ice, they can test for simple things like: if the person you met is the Crazy Latina Type, if they have a job or if they are a sibling. So from now on, I am taking this seemingly mundane process more seriously. In fact, I think as of today 11/07/2011, I am asking for birth certificates, requiring a folical of hair for DNA analysis and having a serious "is there anything you wanna tell me" talk with the parents before I proceed with anything.

OR.......

Maybe I'll just date Latinas and white girls because..... Uhhh what are the odds I am related to any of them?

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