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Second Cousins as Witnesses

Would a distant cousin qualify as a valid witness for kidushin.

Answer:

A shelishi beshlishi (third generation, or second cousins) is qualified as a witness, though the general custom is to avoid all relatives for witnesses.

Sources: See Choshen Mishpat 33; see Even Ha-Ezer 130:1 concerning witnesses to a get, and this is also the common custom concerning kiddushin.

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