Peter, I would like to make a reply to your question re: Marrying your dead brother's wife. I am a Christian and am very well versed on the Hebrew scriptures of the Holy Bible. In the Mosaic Law, one of the laws stated that If a Man was married and died before he fathered any sons with his wife, it was an obligation of a brother of his to marry his wife in order to father a son to carry on the dead husband's family name and lineage. Now, that's about as far as I can go. I don't know which brother got the honor, if the deceased brother had several brothers. I do believe though, that even if the brother had his own wife, he could still marry his dead brother's wife to father sons for his brother. To be honest with you, it sounds like a "Man" thing to me. But, I don't make the rules in this world, I just have to abide by them. PEACE! Irie Ceesay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------