Senate nominee Troy Jackson had two children and spent his life with Lana Pelletier, who is also his second cousin. Their daughter, Albertine Pelletier O’Leary, was Jackson’s grandmother, while their son, Louis A. Pelletier Sr., was Pelletier’s grandfather—making the longtime couple second cousins. Relationships between second cousins are perfectly legal in Maine and, in the sparsely populated Northern Maine, are not considered unusual. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was married to his second cousin once removed, Regina Peruggi. Albert Einstein also married his cousin, Elsa Lowenthal, who was both his first cousin on his mother’s side and his second cousin on his father’s side.