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 sequence.
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 family, 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 mentioned with fun. “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 buddy/member of the family — Janelle Brown, nevertheless, mentioned it was a operating joke of their family that Kody and Christine have been household earlier than they tied the knot.
“There was at all times this joke about [how] they have been cousins, however they’re so distantly associated it’s ridiculous,” Janelle, 56, informed the cameras. “I believe in polygamist households, this type of stuff occurs on a regular basis.”
Janelle clarified, “It wasn’t the type of relationship the place, like, you noticed one another on the household reunion — like, it was a really distant relationship. However they’d at all times joke about being cousins. It simply is a small neighborhood.”
Janelle is aware of firsthand how small the world of polygamy will be on account 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 break up in January 2023.)
“I believe we would have lived collectively bodily, truly lived collectively for, like, six months,” Janelle mentioned of her and Adam’s marriage throughout a November 2024 look on the “Actuality 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 way of 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 she or he ended up marrying Kody’s dad.”
Sheryl and Winn tied the knot in 1992, one yr earlier than Janelle turned Kody’s second spouse. Sheryl and Winn remained in a plural marriage till his dying in 2013. Janelle, in the meantime, confirmed her separation from Kody in December 2022.
Christine Brown acquired actual with Janelle Brown about her future with Kody Brown — and the household as an entire — 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 strategy to Cedar Metropolis, Utah, to fulfill up with Meri and end his self-described ex-wives apology tour.
The dialog was rocky at greatest, with Meri and Kody entering into multiple argument throughout their time collectively. Whereas Meri took difficulty with Kody citing her mates’ 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 informed 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 normal?” 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 extra it feels insincere,” Meri shared, noting it “doesn’t set off” her nevertheless 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 truly uncomfortable, Meri. I triggered the minute we acquired collectively. I apologize for that.”
Regardless of numerous back-and-forth between the pair, they ended the dialog with a hug — however very totally 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 would be capable to stay in good locations with one another,” Kody informed the cameras.
Meri, in the meantime, revealed, “I’m unsure at this level, you understand, what this all means. There’s been lots all through this entire divorce course of, all through the property course of, issues that I’ve found since then. However it 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.
