BOYLE, J., April 12, 1977.
The question to be determined on this record is whether two persons who are unrelated by blood but who become brother and sister by reason of an adoption of the male applicant by the natural mother of the female applicant may lawfully obtain a license to marry under the provisions of The Marriage Law of August 22, 1953, P.L. 1344, sec. 5, as amended, 48 P.S. §1-5. The issue comes before the court on a certification of the question...
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