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Sister Wives is a big hit for TLC, and its origin is just as interesting as the drama seen onscreen. In September 2010, audiences were introduced to the Brown family, including family patriarch Kody and his three wives: Meri, Janelle, and Christine. Early on, the show chronicled the courtship and marriage to Kody's fourth wife, Robyn.

Nowadays, depictions of alternative structures of families are mainstream, with Sister Wives still on the air thirteen years later. However, at the time of its premiere, challenging the concept of the traditional nuclear family was trailblazing. Viewers were shocked to see the Brown family flee Utah to preserve their right to this alternative lifestyle because polygamy was illegal in that state. While today Kody is widely considered a bad, controlling husband, at the time, his doting on his four wives was refreshing and endearing.

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Polygamists in Montana are trying to apply the Supreme Court's historic ruling on same-sex marriage to their own union.

Nathan, Victoria and Christine Collier – who have appeared on TLC's reality show Sister Wives – applied for a marriage license Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

Nathan, 46, and Victoria, 40, married in 2000 – but his second wife, Christine, is not legally his spouse.

"She's put up with my crap for a lot of years," Nathan, who was excommunicated from the Mormon church, told the AP of Christine. "She deserves legitimacy."

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"The Oprah Winfrey Show" has invited the family that has just made the headlines with their unusual lifestyle. Kody Brown, his multiple wives and some of his 16 children were recently spotted visiting the Chicago studio. TMZ's source said they were there for an interview with Oprah Winfrey for an episode airing next week.

Brown is the patriarch of a polygamous family in Utah. Together with his wives, children and step-children, the advertising salesman is starring in Tlc's "Sister Wives" which many call as the true reflection of HBO's series "Big Love". "Sister Wives" debuted on September 26 to 2.26 million viewers.

Once they go public with the lifestyle, the family faces an investigation of bigamy by Utah police. This prompts fear from other plural marriages from exposing themselves. "If it really goes to a court situation, then our people are going to go right back into isolation," said Anne Wilde, co-founder of Principle Voices,...