Apparently her grandmother was a little young when she was married, 16? younger, 14? younger, 10? 8? Worse! 6!!
When she was 6 her parents arranged for her to be married with a local boy, who was 10. The custom is for a well off local boy to choose (or have chosen) an underprivileged local girl to 'marry' at a very young age. The practise is then, since they are married, the girl will move into her husbands house, and be raised by her new parents in law. This results in better schooling and a better life for the wife, and I'm sure that the husband is happy with a wife who is raised to be a good wife for him. Strange but it seemed to have worked, they were married for their whole lives!
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