‘I used to be with my hubby for 17 years and had children after we discovered we’re cousins’

A married couple with three youngsters have made a stunning discovery after taking a DNA check.

Celina and Joseph Quinones from Colorado, USA, had been an merchandise for 17 years and married for ten when Celina determined she needed to be taught extra about her household historical past.

The mum-of-three didn’t get far into her ancestry journey earlier than making a really earth-shattering discover – Joseph, her husband, was additionally her cousin.

As if that wasn’t weird sufficient, Celina determined to publicise the revelation on TikTok beneath the deal with @realestatemommas.

She wrote: “Married my husband in 2006. Not thinking anything of it we had three kids. Come to find out we were related and cousins.”

Celina then wrote a e-book concerning the ordeal and made the tongue-in-cheek quip that it’s “a good ice breaker”. She inspired different {couples} to verify their very own household timber.

The social media clip rapidly set the web on fireplace and it now has greater than 4 million views.

Unsurprisingly, many individuals assume the connection between the kin shouldn’t proceed.

Celina, describing the “devastating” second she discovered her husband was a blood relative, she mentioned: “This was three kids in that I found out we were related.

“I did my DNA test I think in 2016 and yeah it was devastating because I was like: ‘babe we’re related are we even supposed to be together? This is weird.’ It really freaked me out.”

However Celina and Joseph determined to look previous the difficulty and proceed their union.

She mentioned: “I wouldn’t change it for the world… Cousband and wife for life! There is a reason why good couples look alike. I am just over here raising awareness.”

Explaining how they moved previous the problem, she wrote: “My kids and my husband are my everything and we looked past it. All our kids have 10 fingers and 10 toes. It’s a good ice breaker lol.

In a second clip, it becomes clear that Celina and Joseph were blissfully unaware of their close relation and went out for four months before getting engaged.

She said: “17 years with my cousband. No, we didn’t know till we did a DNA test. We had a four-month courtship before we got married. He is still and will be my everything. I ain’t gonna let a little bit of blood destroy what we created, this beautiful family.”

Celina fronted up to people who reacted negatively to her and Joseph staying collectively and mentioned she doesn’t care what different individuals assume.

She wrote: “Let me divorce him because we didn’t know. Let me just tell our kids their parents are not together anymore because of other people’s opinions.

“No thank you we will just be staying cousins, spouses and lovers forever. Now go throw up in your mouth some more.”