gregbo@hou2e.UUCP (#G.SKINNER) (07/11/84)
I and two friends of mine were having trouble deciding what the answer was to
this question, so we decided to let the net decide. Can you answer this?
My mother's cousin has children. Are those children
a) my second cousins?
b) my first cousins twice removed, or
c) something else?
Post if you like, mail if you like, I'll post the results in a week or so.
Greg Skinner (gregbo)
{cbosgd,ihnp4}!hou2e!gregboed@mtxinu.UUCP (07/18/84)
Cousin-ness is actually easy to understand. The degree (first, second)
refers to the distance from common ancestors. First cousins
share grandparents, second cousins share great grandparents, etc.
So, your mother's cousin's children are your second cousins:
Your mother and her cousin share grandparents; you and the cousin's
kids therefore share great grandparents.
"Reomval" refers to differences in generation between cousins.
To continue with the same example, you and your mother's cousin
are first cousins once removed. The degree of cousinness
is taken from the older (in terms of generation, not necessarily
age) cousin; they are then n times removed, where n is the
difference in their generations.
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Ed Gould
{ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!eddws@mit-eddie.UUCP (Don Saklad) (07/19/84)
Is there a program which will ask questions and then produce genealogy charts? Any suggestions welcomed.