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A married woman's life was thrown into turmoil after a DNA test, meant to explore her ancestry, led her to question the very foundation of her marriage.
Celina and Joseph Quinones fell head over heels in love, tying the knot within just four months of meeting and later welcoming three children. It was only after their family began to grow that Celina became curious about her heritage.
On the Love Don't Judge podcast, she explained her reasons for delving into her DNA: "I started really diving into my DNA because I wanted to find out my heritage my daughter is really dark-skinned, and my son has curly hair my middle child is light-skinned, and everyone would ask 'what are you what are you?' I couldn't really give an answer except Native American."
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Both originally from Colorado, USA, the couple decided to undergo DNA testing, only to be stunned by the revelation that they were cousins.
Confronted with this unexpected news, Celina recounted her initial turmoil to the Mirror, saying: "I was thinking, 'Should we get a divorce? Are we even supposed to be together?'.
Despite feeling uneasy, Celina took to TikTok to share their story, hoping to inject some humour into the situation. However, she was unprepared for the intense scrutiny as the video quickly went viral, amassing millions of views.
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(Image: @realestatemommas)
Her attempt to make light of the situation attracted severe criticism online, with Celina confessing: "I did not know it was going to blow up that big," and recalling one particularly harsh comment: "One person on there said 'this is so disturbing, why would you marry your cousin?'".
Celina has disclosed more unsettling comments from the public. One individual pondered, "They look so much alike, how did they not know?" while another felt sorry for the siblings: "I feel bad for the kids, hopefully people don't bully them" and yet another said, "I'd be embarrassed if I were those kids."
Talking about the family's discovery, their teenage son admitted, "I feel a little bit weird about it, because it's not something you want to brag about or put out to the world or anything."
He elaborated, saying, "If they found out before they got married I think there'd be something obviously wrong with that but since they found out after there's there's not one single problem."
At Celina and Joseph's nuptials, nobody from either side of the family recognised the other. The connection came to light later when they learnt that Joe's paternal grandmother had once adopted a child and poor documentation led to this familial tie being missed.
"Colorado seems so big, but it's really not that big," Celina remarked. She mused, "Everyone knows everyone, and most likely, everyone is related."
Despite the dramatic discovery, Celina and her husband Joseph decided to take action by setting up Before We Be, a bespoke dating network aimed at preventing individuals from unknowingly dating relatives.
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