Christine Brown is not married to Kody Brown, however she confirmed on Sister Wives that they’re nonetheless associated — by blood!
“I knew rising up that I must marry a convert as a result of I used to be actually associated to all people within the church,” Christine, 53, defined to her husband, David Woolley, throughout the Sunday, December 28, episode of the TLC collection.
She then revealed, “I did marry a convert, however I used to be nonetheless associated to him too. Yeah, I’m associated to Kody.”
Christine, who grew up in a polygamist household, famous she is a distant cousin of Kody, to whom she was spiritually married from 1994 to 2021.
“Third cousins as soon as eliminated is absolutely authorized. Absolutely,” she stated with amusing. “Polygamy shouldn’t be authorized. I’m third cousins as soon as faraway from Kody.”
David, 61, was speechless, solely muttering a “wow” after listening to his spouse’s familial relation to her ex-husband.
Christine’s former sister spouse — and nonetheless shut pal/member of the family — Janelle Brown, nevertheless, stated it was a working joke of their family that Kody and Christine had been household earlier than they tied the knot.
“There was at all times this joke about [how] they had been cousins, however they’re so distantly associated it’s ridiculous,” Janelle, 56, advised the cameras. “I believe in polygamist households, this type of stuff occurs on a regular basis.”
Janelle clarified, “It wasn’t the sort of relationship the place, like, you noticed one another on the household reunion — like, it was a really distant relationship. However they might at all times joke about being cousins. It simply is a small group.”
Janelle is aware of firsthand how small the world of polygamy may be because of her personal familial connections.
Previous to marrying Kody in 1993, Janelle was married to Meri Brown’s brother, Adam Barber, for 2 years. (Meri, 54, was Kody’s first spouse, whom he wed in 1990. The couple confirmed their cut up in January 2023.)
“I believe we’d have lived collectively bodily, really lived collectively for, like, six months,” Janelle stated of her and Adam’s marriage throughout a November 2024 look on the “Reality Life With Kate Casey” podcast, teasing it “qualifies” as a “starter marriage.”
Janelle, Christine, Kody, Meri and Robyn Brown. Joe Pugliese/TLC/Everett Assortment
Janelle’s household crossovers didn’t cease there, as her late mom, Sheryl Usher, was spiritually married to Kody’s late father, Winn Brown, after assembly by the couple.
“My mother got here to save lots of me from the polygamists as a result of no daughter of hers was going to marry some into some loopy cult,” Janelle recalled on a November episode of Sister Wives. “And he or she ended up marrying Kody’s dad.”
Sheryl and Winn tied the knot in 1992, one 12 months earlier than Janelle grew to become Kody’s second spouse. Sheryl and Winn remained in a plural marriage till his demise in 2013. Janelle, in the meantime, confirmed her separation from Kody in December 2022.
Christine Brown obtained actual with Janelle Brown about her future with Kody Brown — and the household as a complete — within the newest episode of Sister Wives. Christine, 51, sat down with Janelle, 54, throughout the Sunday, October 22, episode to replicate on their respective highs and lows with Kody, 54, because the polygamist […]
Whereas Christine’s connection to Kody comes as a shock to some, it wasn’t the one focus of this week’s episode. Kody lastly made his solution to Cedar Metropolis, Utah, to fulfill up with Meri and end his self-described ex-wives apology tour.
The dialog was rocky at finest, with Meri and Kody moving into a couple of argument throughout their time collectively. Whereas Meri took situation with Kody bringing up her friends’ allegedly speaking badly about him, he tried to refocus the eye on his apology.
“Pay attention, [an] apology is so wanted right here as a result of that is nonetheless so poisonous. And I apologize for that,” Kody advised Meri at one level, referring to their fixed bickering.
Meri bluntly requested, “Do you apologize that you’re poisonous to me, or are you simply being common?” to which Kody replied, “Sure, I apologize that I’m poisonous to you, Meri, or was poisonous to you.”
As Kody continued to make use of the phrase “apologize,” it ate away at his former first spouse.
“You bought to cease with the ‘apologize’ phrase. The extra you employ it, the more it feels insincere,” Meri shared, noting it “doesn’t set off” her however it “validates that it doesn’t really feel like it is a honest dialog.”
Meri defined, “Your use of the phrase ‘apologize’ feels very excessive and really compelled to me.”
Courtesy of Christine Brown Woolley/Instagram Two of the celebs from TLC’s Sister Wives are revealing the standing of their relationship with their different former sister wives. All through the most recent season of Sister Wives, followers have seen the Brown household proceed to fracture as Christine Brown, Janelle Brown and Meri Brown left the house they as soon as […]
Kody confessed, “I’m really uncomfortable, Meri. I triggered the minute we obtained collectively. I apologize for that.”
Regardless of a variety of back-and-forth between the pair, they ended the dialog with a hug — however very completely different emotions about what had transpired.
“From right here out, I hope the swords are down. If we will transfer ahead sooner or later, simply ensuring that we’re very variety, we’d have the ability to stay in good locations with one another,” Kody advised the cameras.
Meri, in the meantime, revealed, “I’m undecided at this level, you already know, what this all means. There’s been quite a bit all through this complete divorce course of, all through the property course of, issues that I’ve found since then. But it surely doesn’t have an effect on me. I’m not listening to what he says.”
Sister Wives airs on TLC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.
