cousin marriage
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Fackham Hall
A new servant embarks on an unlikely relationship with the youngest daughter of a prominent English family. Simultaneously, rivalries are spilling over in the Davenport family, led by the Lord and Lady as they also weather the epic failure of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.

Doctor Zhivago
Young and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their lives become intertwined with the drama of Russian revolution. Doctor Zhivago is still married when he meets Lara. Their love story is unfolding against the backdrop of revolution which affects the doctor's career, his family, and his love to Lara.

Flambards
In early 20th-century England, young orphan Christina Parsons is sent to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger, William, lives to fly aeroplanes. Christina finds herself struggling with the ideas of classism as she falls in love with country life, the hunt, and one of her cousins. But after an impulsive marriage, when her husband is called away by the First World War, Christina must keep Flambards afloat by herself.

Kankar
A simple story of our society which revolves around a lively girl, Kiran. Kiran is a fun and loving girl, yet she values herself a lot. Kiran’s parents accept the proposal of Sikander, who is in love with Kiran after meeting her for the first time in a marriage ceremony. After they both get married, Kiran falls madly in love with Sikander, but very soon she discovers a very strange and sudden change in her husband’s behavior.

When Cousins Marry
Looking at the consequences of first cousin marriage in Britain.