A WOMAN WAS left stunned when she discovered that her husband was also her cousin after more than a decade of marriage.
Celina Quinones, form Colorado, US, discovered the shocking news after trying to put together her family tree.
While tracing her family background, Celina decided to do a DNA test, where she found out her husband, Joseph, was also her cousin.
The mum-of-three revealed that she "wouldn't change it for the world" but is urging other couples to get a DNA test done.
Celina revealed that when she first saw the DNA results she was left 'devastated' but she wouldn't want life with her husband, or as she calls him 'Cousband,' any different.
Revealing the story on TikTok, the mum said: "Married my husband in 2006. Not thinking anything of it we had three kids.
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"Come to find out we were related and cousins."
She captioned the post: "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 another clip, Celina insisted they had no idea the pair were related, when they first got together.
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"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," she explained.
"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."
The video soon went viral with over four million views and many people took to the comments to share their thoughts on the marriage.
People were understandably shocked by the story, but many cruel trolls claimed the pair were 'sick' for staying together.
One person wrote: "So y'all decided to stay together? THAT'S SICK ASFFFF."
Another remarked: "That's so gross like out of all the people in the world y'all choose to date so close to ur families and communities it's so weird."
"They literally look similar how did they not know," penned a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth chimed in: "So nobody at the wedding knew?"
Celina hit back at trolls criticising her for staying with her husband.
She said: "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."
The mum explained to one user exactly how she found out they were related.
She wrote: "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.
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"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."
While the couple are happy staying together despite, Celina warned other couples to get a DNA test.
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