Say What? First Cousins In Love With Each Other Petition To Get Legally Married In Utah!

A Utah couple says they're in love---they are also first cousins, making it illegal for them to marry in their home state.

Micheal Lee tied the knot with his cousin, Angie, in Colorado instead, where it is legal but they're also going to fight to change Utah laws.

These lovebirds say it started with a crush in second grade.

"It's like second grade I remember I stopped her mother, I stopped her, I said, 'I'm going to marry Angie,' and she said, 'No, I'm sorry you can't but you can be friends,'" said Michael Lee.

Family vacations would bring them together but social norms would draw them apart again.

"This is something I've always felt very like it wasn't. Life was unfair. Like why did the person I want to be with the most and had the most trash to the most natural feelings for why I did. Why did you have to be my cousin?," said Micheal Lee.

They reunited after 10 years this winter. Both recently single both ready to take the plunge.

"We're like OK this is crazy but we're adults now we're single now we're just going to go for it and you know who cares what our family thinks," said Angie Lee.

They're crossing two big hurdles to get married. The most obvious is genetics.

According to researchers at Columbia University, first cousins share 12.5 percent of their DNA. Posted By Ghost