The Mexican actress Martha Cristiana, 54, surprised with the recent confessions she made to the journalist Michel Rubalcava, with whom she shared that she has been dating her cousin for four years.

The actress, who divorced businessman Raúl Martínez in 2016, confessed to the aforementioned journalist that she and her relative decided to give love a chance despite their relationship and what society might think.

Martha and Joe are second cousins ??and they didn't grow up together, it wasn't until they were in their 20s that they started spending more and more time together.

“I'd known him all my life, so to speak, but we didn't live together as children. His grandmother and my grandmother were sisters and he was a second cousin that I didn't live with. I met him when I was, for example, (…) about 23 or 24 years old and we met at his grandmother Norma's house,” revealed the actress from the soap opera 'DKDA'.

Although they are now a couple and have been happy with their decision for a while, the actress confessed that at first they only saw each other as friends, so much so that she didn't hesitate to introduce some of her friends to her now boyfriend.

“Suddenly we realized that we felt something more and we decided to give it our all opportunity. We thought it was crazy and that many people would be confused, but we decided to take that risk and I can tell you that it is the most beautiful relationship I have ever had,” said the actress born in Puebla, convinced.

Her confessions were accompanied by various comments from people who oppose her having a relationship with her cousin, but it is something she has already learned to deal with, and she did so in a publication last February.

“I invite you to join in and always wish others happiness so that God gives you the same in return,” she wrote at the time, while inviting those who judge her to put their double standards aside.