![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-married-my-stepbrother/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20360561-1667915713970.jpg&description=A PAIR of loved-up newlyweds admit it felt "weird" when they first got together - as they are step-brother and step-sister. Matilda and Samuli Eriksson initially tried to fight the attraction, fearing a relationship might even 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 They also faced the judgment of friends on top of their own "confused" feelings. But their parents were "very happy for us from the start," said Matilda, 23. "I think Samuli's dad even kind of hoped that something like this would happen." Matilda and Samuli, 27, got engaged last October after a whirlwind romance and were married in July near Helsinki, Finland. 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. 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 regularly, but initially as friends or step-siblings." She said they had a "kind of magnetic attraction" and ended each seeing other at weekends when they were out with friends. One day Samuli moved in for a kiss, and "I responded right away with passion," she told Yahoo Australia. She added: "The first time something romantic happened between us we decided it could never happen again, ever. We were too afraid to lose our friendship." But a week later it happened again and "we simply could not deny the feelings and affection we had for each other". Matilda said: "We started dating in May 2021 and moved in together right away){kind=link}
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A PAIR of loved-up newlyweds admit it felt “weird” when they first got together – as they are step-brother and step-sister.
Matilda and Samuli Eriksson initially tried to fight the attraction, fearing a relationship might even be illegal.
They also faced the judgment of friends on top of their own “confused” feelings.
But their parents were “very happy for us from the start,” said Matilda, 23.