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Christine Brown Says She and Ex Kody Brown Are Third Cousins Once Removed on Sister Wives

The disclosure underscores how the family's small polygamist community produces distant kinship ties.

Overview

  • The revelation aired on the December 28 episode during a conversation between Christine Brown and her husband, David Woolley.
  • Christine emphasized that being third cousins once removed is legal as she contrasted it with the illegality of polygamy.
  • Janelle Brown said the cousin connection had long been a household joke and stressed that the relation is very distant.
  • Christine and Kody were spiritually married from 1994 to 2021 and share six children, and she married Woolley in October 2023.
  • The episode also showed Kody meeting Meri Brown in Cedar City as part of his apology tour, leading to a tense exchange.