All in all, it was a pretty memorable day for 11-year-old Bulgarian gypsy Kordeza Zhelyazkova. Not only did she become the bride of her boyfriend, Jeliazko Dimitrov, the 11-year-old from Sliven also became a mother. She gave birth on her wedding day, two years before she becomes a teenager. That’s a pretty big day.
She left her marriage ceremony to give birth to her average-sized offspring in her wedding dress and tiara. After a night in the hospital, she went back to the church and finished her marriage. Both mother Kordeza and daughter Violeta are healthy and happy, but father Jeliazko (age 19) faces 2-6 years in jail for having sex with a girl under age 14. The fact that they’re married has no bearing on his punishment or lack thereof.
Still, 11? I know things are different in other parts of the world when it comes to marriage and babies, but wow. Even R. Kelly thinks that’s a little young, dude!
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