![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/woman-who-wed-stepbrother-reveals-how-mum-convinced-her-to-follow-heart/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20380370-1668039107681.jpg&description=A WOMAN has said her mum told her to do what felt right when she revealed she wanted to marry her step-brother. Matilda Eriksson's said her mum's advice led her to "follow her heart" and marry Samuli despite initially fighting the attraction and fearing a relationship might be illegal. Matilda and Samuli Eriksson started a passionate romance after growing close as step-siblingsCredit: instagram They married in July 2022, three years after her mother married his fatherCredit: instagram They say their parents secretly hoped they would get togetherCredit: TIKTOK Matilda and Samuli say they initially tried to fight the attractionCredit: Instagram The couple pictured with their parents - Matilda's mum told her to follow her instinct Matilda, 23, and 27-year-old Samuli got engaged last October after a whirlwind romance and were married in July near Helsinki, Finland. In the beginning they overcame the judgment of friends on top of their own "confused" feelings. At first, her friends' judgment bothered her and she started having doubts. But then her mother helped her "get my thoughts in order". Matilda went on: "She told me to do whatever I felt was the most right in that moment, putting everything else aside and to follow my heart, and that led me to marry Samuli. "We both have been in a few long relationships before but never felt like this with anyone." Members of the unusual blended family were pictured beaming at the outdoor ceremony, three years after they had also gathered for the marriage of the bride's mum and the groom's dad in 2019. The couple first met in 2018 at Matilda's mother's 50th birthday party. Their parents were "very happy for us from the start," said "I think Samuli's dad even kind of hoped that something like this would happen." They became pals with "good chemistry" but nothing more - until a spark ignited last spring. She told Norwegian paper Dagbladet: "Each time we had good conversations and felt the connection. "In 2021, we started hanging out){kind=link}
A WOMAN has said her mum told her to do what felt right when she revealed she wanted to marry her step-brother.
Matilda Eriksson’s said her mum’s advice led her to “follow her heart” and marry Samuli despite initially fighting the attraction and fearing a relationship might be illegal.
Matilda, 23, and 27-year-old Samuli got engaged last October after a whirlwind romance and were married in July near Helsinki, Finland.
In the beginning they overcame the judgment of friends on top of their own “confused” feelings.
At first, her friends’ judgment bothered her and she started having doubts.