Update:First Cousins Cross State Lines To Marry

ALTOONA, Pa. First cousins 46-year-old Eleanor Amrhein and 39-year-old Donald Andrews Sr. were denied a marriage license by county officials in Pennsylvania earlier this month have been married in Maryland.The couple's mothers are sisters, but they hoped the judge would grant an exception to the Pennsylvania law.The law was meant to prevent birth defects and other problems caused by intermarriage.The couple then traveled to Maryland, where first cousins are allowed to marry.