It's tough to say how many read the statement before signing, says Jonathan Ring, supervisor of marriage licenses in Hamilton County. In Kentucky, inebriation is not a disqualifying factor. As for kinship, Northern Kentucky clerks say they almost never encounter relatives trying to marry. Their lawyer had told them Kentucky allowed such unions, says Jeanette Rothe, a Campbell County deputy clerk. The couple was not happy to learn otherwise.
Most people just laugh when they get the question.
Then they run back to Ohio and tell all their friends. I suppose I should be concerned for Kentucky's image. Years ago, in the most isolated parts of the state, people's worlds were pretty small, and some probably did marry their kin. But not in Northern Kentucky. We're more like Cincinnati than Stinking Creek, which is why the question is such a gas.