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Wikipedia: Posthumous Marriage

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The English-language Wikipedia article on posthumous marriage (ghost marriage or necrogamy), marriage in which at least one party is deceased, with documented forms in China, South Sudan, India and France.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_marriage
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Encyclopedia
Assessment
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3
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Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)

This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Kinship and Family Systems, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.

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7

Kinship and Family Systems

Connected

1

Kinship and Family Systems

General References

1

Kinship and Family Systems

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