Marrying your dead brother's widow (Dumaal)

[CangeeroBear]

My great grand uncle did that. After my great grandfather died at sea(ww2 I think).

 

[Adam Isaaq]

This practice is exenplary of our old wisdom and justice. It placed the family above everything, and the welfare of children and widows above individual choice.

 

[Basra]

What do you guys think of Dumaal ?

If a wife's husband dies, then she marries his brother. Or if the wife dies, he marries her sister. It's very common with northern Somalis.

Its common in Waqooyi side of me. My granny married to blood brothers. Very odd, but i guess its okey.

 

[Mali Mo]

What do you guys think of Dumaal ?

If a wife's husband dies, then she marries his brother. Or if the wife dies, he marries her sister. It's very common with northern Somalis.

If the ass is fat why let a good rump go to waste.