They weren’t trying to keep it in the family, yet here they are.
There’s no stronger bond than that between a blushing bride and her loving groom — unless, of course, they’re also cousins bound by blood.
Such is the case for Celina Quinones, a thirty-something from Denver, Colorado, who‘s recently discovered that she’s actually related to her hubby of 17 years, Joesph.
“Married my husband in 2006,” said Quinones, a realtor and mom of three, in the closed captions of her trending TikTok tell-all.
“Not thinking anything of it, we have three kids,” the text continued. “Come to find out we were related and cousins.”
The chaotic clip, which has scared up over 2.7 million views from slack-jawed audiences, was set to the sounds of Dua Lipa and Calvin Harris 2018 hit “One Kiss,” and features a superimposed video meme of an outraged YouTube dancer.
In the video, a screenshot of the husband and wife’s shared ancestry indicated that they are a match of 62cM (or centimorgan, which is a unit for measuring genetic linkage), meaning the pair is likely related by 8th-generation great-grandparents.
Quinones did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Unsurprisingly, however, skeeved-out commenters beneath her cringe-worthy confessional erupted with a groundswell of horror over the couple’s DNA debacle.
“Girl, that’s disgusting,” spat a disapproving viewer.
“Bro this could’ve been a secret,” another scolded, suggesting that Quinones may have been wise to keep her unconventional family ties off of social media.
“My literal jaw dropped. I rebuke this,” wrote a stunned spectator.
“Y’all even look alike. How did y’all not know?,” another questioned.
In a subsequent post, Quinones explained that in 2016, after 10 years of marriage, she and Joseph submitted their DNA to MyHeritage.com, hoping to uncover some lesser-known facts about their backgrounds.
And once the results from the site proved their blood relation, the couple were initially shocked.
“It was devastating,” said Quinones, noting that they had already welcomed their brood at the time of discovery. “I was like, ‘Babe, we’re related. Like, are we even supposed to be together?’ This is weird.’ It really freaked me out.”
But, in the years since unearthing their eye-popping truth, the kissin’ cousins have learned to roll with it.
“I love my cousin,” she said, “and I wouldn’t [have] it any other way that I married on accident.”
Quinones went on to share that she and Joseph share a common ancestor by the last name “Herrera.” She then fingered their family’s close-knit community as a breeding ground for potentially incestuous relationships.
“Colorado seems so big, but it’s really not that big,” she insisted. “Everyone knows everyone, and most likely, everyone is related.”
However, the phenomenon is not unique to Rocky Mountain state, according to some folks in her comments.
“This guy I met at a family party — I had to ask my parents if we were related before I dated him lol. 5th cousins both our families were fine with it,” confessed an advocate of the arrangement.
“I just found out me and my [boyfriend] of 3 years are 5th cousins,” echoed another.
“My dad and stepmom are cousins and they got married… I found out AFTER they got married and they KNEW they are/were cousins,” a separate woman divulged.
In response, Quinones penned, “I am open to my kids about it. I rather them not find out via a DNA test. It’s hard pill to swallow either way.” She also confirmed that their children are ostensibly healthy despite their shared genes: “All our kids have 10 fingers 10 toes.”
And when additional supporter chimed in with a word of encouragement, saying: “If the royals can do it so can you,” Quinones wrote, “Right? Lol blood line strong.”