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'Sister Wives': The History and Connections Between Kody, His Wives and Their 18 Children

Kody Brown's ties to his wives, past and present -- Meri, Janelle, Christine, and Robyn Brown -- are complex.

Though the two abstained from any physical intimacy before getting engaged, including kissing, they tied the knot in April 1990, noting that they were both fully aware of their intention to add more wives to the family. Janelle noted in the book that she was not raised in a polygamist family and her own mother, Sheryl, was against the idea, until she met and soon married Kody's father, Winn, becoming his third wife. Robyn married David Preston Jessop, a fellow member of the faith, when she was 21 and noted in Becoming Sister Wives that their marriage "struggled from the start."

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