1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Buckle up, hold on tight, we got it for you. 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Human ease the strawberry LETTA subject can't keep this secret 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: much longer. Dear Stephen Shirley, my fiance and I met 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: in college and we've been together for three years. She 5 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 1: is perfect in every way. She has the looks, a 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: great job, and when it comes to the bedroom, she 7 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: is on fire. But anyway, here is the problem. Last 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: weekend I took her to our usual breakfast spot and 9 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: we started talking about the wedding and our guest list. 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: I have met her mom, dad's siblings and grandparents, and 11 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: she's met my immediate family as well. As we talked 12 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: more in depth about our relatives. I told her about 13 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: the small city where my family was from, and she 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: said that her family was from there too. I told 15 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: her my dad was a huge has a huge family 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: and they all lived near the river. She said that 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: her mom's family lives near that same river. At that point, 18 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: we both had strange looks on our faces. Intrigued by 19 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: these unique circumstances, my fiance called her grandmother and asked 20 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: her if she knew my family. When her grandmother replied, yes, 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: we're all related, our mouths dropped open. She told us 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: that everyone that lives on either side of that river 23 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: is related. Since then, we've done more research and we 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: found out that we are, in fact cousins. I cannot 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: believe that I've been sleeping with my cousin. We are 26 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: not sure what we should do. We are in love 27 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: and plan to get married. I don't want to lose her, 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: but I'm afraid to continue the relationship, especially when our 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: families find out. Her grandmother is bound to tell our secrets. 30 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: Sooner or later. We need some advice. What should we do? Wow? God, yeah, 31 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: this is something right here. I mean, as far as 32 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: I know, you can't marry your cousin. You didn't say 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: if you guys were first cousins. I think in some 34 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: countries like England and stuff like that. I think long 35 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: ago they um, you know, in the monarchy and stuff 36 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: like that, they wanted to keep the bloodline going, so 37 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: sometimes they would marry their cousins and stuff. But you're 38 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: not over there. Clearly, some states over here, as I 39 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: understand it, I look this up, they do have laws 40 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: where you can marry your cousins. So I don't know, 41 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: I've never heard of this. I know before long long ago, 42 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: Like when my mom got married, they used to give 43 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: you blood tests and things like that to see if 44 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: you were related. But now when you get married, you 45 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: don't have to do blood tests. So this right here, 46 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't do it at once I found out it 47 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: would be It would be hard for me. But you're 48 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: in love and you plan to get married. You don't 49 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,279 Speaker 1: want to lose her, and you're afraid to continue the relationship. 50 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: But remember that look that you had on your face 51 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: when you found out. Are you going to be able 52 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: to go on with this marriage knowing that you're married 53 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,959 Speaker 1: to your cousin? You know when you have kids, that's 54 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: something to consider. This is this is well above my 55 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: pay grade here, I'm gonna just be honest with you. 56 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: I personally would have to back out once I found 57 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: out that it was in fact my cousin, Steve. Well, 58 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: it ain't above my pay grade. I can tell you 59 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: that right now. As a matter of fact, let's damn 60 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: that rivel. Yeah, let's just gonna get to this hill. 61 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: You don't fell in love obviously, the girl of your 62 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: dreams now y'all live, yall, was at this breakfast place 63 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: playing in your wed I just can't believe that it 64 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: took y'all three years to start talking about where y'all from. 65 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: That's just sort of crazy to me. Now you've each 66 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: met each other's all immediate family, but y'all started talking 67 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: about this rivel. And that's why I say the subject 68 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: of this letter ought to be can't keep this secret 69 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: much longer? Oh damn that river. Time. I like how 70 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: the subject is, can't keep this secret much longer? Oh 71 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: damn that river, because that damn river then messed up 72 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: the plans. You got to talking more in debt about 73 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: your relatives. I told her, from a small city, where 74 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: my family is from. Her family, from a small city, 75 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: told her my dad had a huge family. She said, 76 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: her mama got a huge family. She said her mom 77 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: family lived near the river. I said, damn, my dad 78 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: and family lived near the river. Then you got that 79 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: strange look on your face. Then when you know something 80 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: wrong right here, you intrigued by these unique circumstances. She 81 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: called her grandmama, asked her grandmama, and the grandma replied, yeah, 82 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: we are related. Everybody on that river is related. That river, 83 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: mamma knows and quit talking to her. Old an We 84 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: all related to everybody on each side of that river. Well, 85 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,799 Speaker 1: if everybody on each side of the river is related, 86 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: how all and people get on each side of the river. 87 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: Some cousins didn't met before. You ain't the first one. 88 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: Y'all in love? What you need to do is find 89 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: out how far down the line this cousin thing goes 90 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: the river. Because, like Shirley say, she didn't, she didn't 91 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: researched it. I don't research stuff like this because I 92 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 1: don't really give damn what y'all do, so so I 93 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: don't give damn what you do. All I know is 94 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: damn that river. Now listen, if I was you, I 95 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: would get a DNA test so you can see how 96 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: closely it is. Secondly, you're in love. You ain't gonna 97 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: stop loving Hug. You ain't gonna stop seeing Hug. I 98 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: don't know how you can. I don't know how this happened. 99 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's meant to be. But hear 100 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: what you can't do. I'm gonna come back and share 101 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: this information. I'm gonna tell you reasons why you can't 102 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: have a wedding and have all the asses. That's why, man, 103 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: you can't have a wedd and that ass. Hell. See, 104 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: if it's so many states in the US that allow 105 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: cousins to get married, it's unbelievable. Yeah, and I think 106 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: I understand that if it's so far down the line, 107 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: it may not be nothing that can happen. But there's 108 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: one damn show way to find out if you should 109 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: have gotten married or not. Because that baby consider that, Yeah, 110 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: he could be different. Let's recap this letter. The subject 111 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: can't keep the secret much longer. Or this couple been 112 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: in love. They're so in love, they've been dating three years, 113 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: they decided to get married. They're sitting down at their 114 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,679 Speaker 1: breakfast place. They're going over the list, trying to figure 115 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: out what they're gonna do, who they're gonna invite. She 116 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: started talking about her grandmama, her down there, had a 117 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: big family, lived on the river. He said, his daddy 118 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: had a big family. His daddy lived people living on 119 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: everybody the river too, and then the same small city, 120 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: same damn river. She calls big Mama. Big Mama said, yeah, 121 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: all lets, it's related to everybody on east side of 122 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: that river. What you call hold ask for should have 123 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: messed up everything. Now you're sitting up in hell big 124 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: talking to Big Mama probably don't forgot half of it. 125 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: First of all, you need to check big Mama out. 126 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: If she got you know, she you know something where 127 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: she lost it. She ain't quite what she was. She 128 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: might not have all her facts together. But how the hell? 129 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: Everybody on both sides of the river it's related. The 130 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: latter subject is I can't keep this secret much longer. Oh, 131 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: damn that river. Yes, we're all related. Our mouths dropped open. 132 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: She told us that everybody that lives on either side 133 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: of that river is related. Since then, we've done more researcher. 134 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: We found out that we are, in fact cousins. I 135 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: cannot believe that I've been sleeping with my cousin. We're 136 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: not sure what we should do. Were in love and 137 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 1: playing to getting married. I don't want to lose it, 138 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: but I'm afraid to continue the relationship, especially when our 139 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: family find out we're talking today. Is you talking to 140 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,400 Speaker 1: the damn them people down at that river, their family, Steve, 141 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,439 Speaker 1: give a damn. You ain't finn gonna leave it down 142 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: now you're left a little rage dass city. It's down 143 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: that by the river, down by the river side, down 144 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: by the river side, down by the river side. I'm 145 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: gonna lay down with my cousins down by the river side. 146 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: We gonna go find more love. Now, now listen to me. 147 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: Seem tasty. I'm gonna down by the river side, down 148 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: by the river side, full love that the river side 149 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: fell in love with the river side. I sat by. Wait, 150 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: I didn't lay down from the other side of the 151 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: river side. Ordine. Now, yeah, here's what you could do. 152 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: You could elope. Don't tell your family. But y'all seem 153 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: like good people. So here's a deal. They gonna find 154 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: out the first worried out of old black people's mouth. 155 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: You just Nash. That's coming. That's coming. You're just Nash. 156 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: So now we're about to do a reenactment. Okay, I'm 157 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: gonna be the grandmother. Okay, Jay, you're gonna be which 158 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: one coming to the mama to find out about it. Okay, 159 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: I'll be Um, I gotta be a woman. Yes, I'm 160 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: not aunt. That's related to the grandmama. Okay, come on, 161 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: you heard what happened then? You you mean boy riding 162 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: in them? Yeah, oh my god, If that's not the 163 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: Nash the thing I ever heard of mine? Tie bone 164 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: days on us, O child, ain't it though, just nasty, 165 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 1: straight nash. It just does something to my spirit even 166 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: here body and discuss it with you. You do something 167 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 1: to my stomach. It might it make me you know, 168 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: it makes my inside turn inside out just sitting here. 169 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 1: You know you know what it did to me, Clara, 170 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: what did you know it felt like? Buttermelk oh, my god, 171 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: you know what it did to me. It gave me gash. 172 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 1: I had so much gass inside me when I heard 173 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: that thing. Oh so bad. But you know what, though, 174 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: to tell you the truth, uh huh, I can understand 175 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: what happened to them cheerings. Why is that she just 176 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: liked the rest of us? Uh huh. That onion must 177 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: have just been jumping. Yeah, and that boy we're looking 178 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: at that onion on that girl and went for it. 179 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say this right here and put it 180 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: out there. And it ain't got nothing to do with 181 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 1: the fact that they coul that the kid's gonna look funny. 182 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: Roding is funny looking already. I mean that blessed hard 183 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: he's the sweet person in the world doing anything faire 184 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: but he is akill you at the Bible say tender eye. 185 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: He is tender. We'll getting you know what, you know 186 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: this might be able to pass along being you know, 187 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: because if you're looking already looking confused, you know, having children, 188 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: because you know the baby if they has a baby, 189 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: uh huh. Somebody said that the baby the first thing 190 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: that they're gonna notice about the baby when the baby 191 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: get his See if the baby had wall eye? What 192 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: wall eye? Wall eyes? When he looking straight but one 193 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: of his asses looking at the wall. One of them 194 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: just shoot off and just be on his own, just 195 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: be looking. But you know where you see them together, 196 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: you have to say that they is in love. They cute. 197 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: They makes a cute couple. I was not us the 198 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: wood cute because she a little funny looking too. That 199 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: I'm just saying, Well, now you want to know the truth, Claire, Okay, 200 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,559 Speaker 1: here we go. Now the reason both of them look strange, 201 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 1: it's caused you know, his uncle harol uh huh and 202 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: hub aunt uh Debbie. You know they stayed across the 203 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: river from each other too. I know that, I know it. 204 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: I know it was something. And they said they also say, 205 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: there's something in that river water to make them look 206 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: they look They ain't that nothing to do with the 207 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: river Water. You show ain't got nothing new. Gimm chrome zones. 208 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 1: All right, Miss Clara and Big Mama, we gotta go alright? 209 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: Email us or Instagram? What's your thoughts on today's Strawberry 210 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: letter at Steve the Baby don't look too crazy. You're 211 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.