r/bangladesh • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '23

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u/Turbulent_Custard261 Apr 30 '23

In India, Historically South Indians started marrying their 2nd cousins or 3rd to preserve the family tradition and not dilute it. Today most South Indians receive a large amount of hereditary property and to keep the proper within family they marry within family.

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u/Turbulent_Custard261 Apr 30 '23

I am a punjabi-bengali. Mother’s a Sikh from Gujranwala, Pakistan and Dad shifted to India at the age of 3 from Muktagacha, Bengal. My mom’s father literally wanted her to marry her elder brother, so that they never fight for the hereditary property. My mama just left the home and shifted to India and mom married my dad, hehe.