Christine Brown shared a revelation that caught even her current husband off guard. She confirmed that she and her ex-husband, Kody Brow,n are actually distant cousins, something she said she was aware could happen because of how connected families were in her church growing up.
She explained that she knew she would likely marry a convert since she was related to so many people already. Christine said she did marry a convert, but later discovered she was still related to him, adding plainly that she is related to Kody.
Her husband, David Woolley reacted quietly, only saying wow, which prompted Christine to clarify the relationship. She explained they are third cousins once removed and stressed that the relationship was fully legal, even joking about the irony compared to polygamy itself.
Janelle Brown added that the idea of Christine and Kody being cousins had long been a running joke in the family. She said the connection was so distant it was almost meaningless and common in small polygamist communities like theirs.
She explained it was not the kind of family relationship where people grew up seeing each other regularly. Still, the joke about being cousins stuck around because the community itself was small and interconnected.
Janelle also revealed another unusual family link involving her own mother. She said her mother married Kody’s father just three months before Janelle married Kody, making family dynamics even more complicated.
She recalled first being introduced to polygamy while in high school and said her mother was strongly against it at first. Her mother even came to intervene, but eventually ended up marrying Kody’s father instead.
Janelle admitted the situation felt strange at first and awkward to explain, but she eventually accepted it. She said that kind of unusual overlap became something she learned to live with over time.
