Franklin D. Roosevelt

They first met as children, but their paths crossed again after a dinner at the White House in 1902. The dinner was hosted by Eleanor's uncle, President Teddy Roosevelt, who happened to be Franklin's fifth cousin. At the time, Franklin was 20 years old and studying at Harvard. Three years later, on St. Patrick's Day in 1905, they got married. Throughout their marriage, they had six children.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach married his second cousin on his father's side, Maria Barbara Bach, in 1707. Unfortunately, she passed away in 1720. There is limited information available about their marriage, but Bach remarried less than two years after her death.

Thomas Jefferson

In 1772, Thomas Jefferson entered into matrimony with Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, who happened to be his third cousin. Throughout their marriage, they were blessed with the birth of six children. Unfortunately, Martha passed away on September 6, 1782, and Jefferson chose not to enter into another marriage thereafter.

Albert Einstein

In 1919, Albert married his second cousin Elsa shortly after divorcing his first wife Mileva. Elsa passed away in 1936 from various health issues. Despite never remarrying, Albert had multiple girlfriends until his death in 1955.

Charles Darwin

Putting all jokes about natural selection aside, the man who made the theory of evolution famous, Charles Darwin, married his first cousin Emma Wedgwood. Together, they had ten children. Darwin passed away in 1882.

Rudy Giuliani

In 1968, Governor Rudy Giuliani married Regina Peruggi, whom he believed to be his third cousin. It was only years later that they discovered they were actually second cousins. After divorcing Regina in 1982, Rudy married Donna Hanover in 1984.

Jerry Lee Lewis

In 1957, the renowned rock and roll artist Jerry Lee Lewis made headlines by marrying his cousin Myra, who was just 13 years old at the time. This controversial union resulted in a significant loss of respect and credibility for him. The marriage nearly brought his career to a halt, leading him to transition from rock music to a more country style. Throughout their time together, they had two children before ultimately divorcing in 1970.

Edgar Allan Poe

When poet Edgar Allen Poe turned 20, he went to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousin after his father abandoned him and his mother passed away. It was in Baltimore where he encountered his seven-year-old cousin, Virginia, whom he developed romantic feelings for and eventually married when she was just thirteen. Tragically, Virginia passed away eighteen years later in 1847, and Poe himself died a mere two years after her death.

H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells' first cousin, Isabel Mary Wells, was left by him after only three years. Wells, an English writer, is most famous today for the science fiction novels he published between 1895 and 1901, including The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon.