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For centuries, South Korea has had a law barring couples with the same name and the same ancestral village from marrying. Although this was probably originally conceived as a way of preventing incest, it has developed into a strong ostracism of same-clan marriages.
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Read More »Actually, although same-name marriages are frowned upon, it is same-clan marriages that are legally banned, and it is possible to have the same name, like Kim, but be from a different clan or village. But nearly 40 percent of the population apparently comes from one of three large clans: the Kim clan from a village called Kimhae, the Lee clan from Chonju and the Park clan from Milyang. For centuries, South Korea has had a law barring couples with the same name and the same ancestral village from marrying. Although this was probably originally conceived as a way of preventing incest, it has developed into a strong ostracism of same-clan marriages. Separately, there is a law against incest that prevents marriages between relatives up to third cousins, but for purists that is not enough. According to folklore, the practice was brought over from China early in the 14th century after a Korean messenger, named Lee, visited China. His Chinese host asked him his wife's name, and upon hearing that it was also Lee, the Chinese supposedly replied: ''Ah! You're not an aristocrat. You're a commoner!'' When the messenger returned, he relayed the story to the Korean emperor, who immediately declared a ban against same-clan marriages. Surnames alone can also be deceptive, for some people named Hur or Lee, whose origins are from the city of Inchon, may also be from the same family clan as Kim. And many people surnamed Cha and Yoo are from the same clan and trace their common lineage, it is said, back to two brothers who, in escaping from the authorities after committing a crime, changed their last names and then survived. ''If you throw a stone from the top of Mount Nam, it's bound to hit one of those people,'' members of the three biggest clans, said Kwak Bai Hee, a lawyer with the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations.
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