An Irish traveler named Chantelle Kielly has disclosed that she is walking down the aisle with her first cousin named Jim with not less than 73 best men. According to her, the whole community is invited to witness their lavish wedding. Once it’s legal to marry a cousin in the UK, there is nothing wrong with Chantelle tying the knot with her first cousin Jim. All the best to them!
According to the New York Post;
Chantelle and Jim’s is one of them with the bride’s family securing the engagement by paying the groom’s family a dowry which ranges between $54,000- $129,000.
It is currently perfectly legal to marry your cousin in the UK and Ireland however there is a big matter of contention surrounding the morality.
But marrying a cousin is commonplace among traveller communities and Chantelle and Jim wanted to celebrate with a ceremony that the town would never forget.
Chantelle wore a dress designed by traveller favourite Thelma Madine adorned with no less than 20,000 crystals. The bride opted for no less than seven bridesmaids but it was groom Jim that really went all out with 73 best men.
The couple, who featured on Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, then celebrated with a party the whole town was invited to, celebrating by cutting the bespoke Barbie cake.
Reflecting on the wedding Thelma said: “They are really nice people, the girls are very respectable We always say the Irish travellers are like going back 50 years but the Rathkeale girls are like going back 100 years.
“They’re all family and I think that’s how they keep the wealth in Rathkeale because they just don’t let it go out.”
This sounds like something that white people do and then they have the nerve to call minorities the animals. That is quite interesting if you ask me. This is INSANE.
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