I know Eloise Cadinha has found an uncle/niece or aunt/nephew marriage. I can't remember which. 1st degree of consanguinity: Uncle/niece or aunt/nephew marriage. Rare. 2nd degree of consanguinity: 1st cousins marrying. 3rd degree of consanguinity: 2nd cousins marrying. 4th degree of consanguinity: 3rd cousins marrying.
After that, they did not keep track. Today, the Catholic Church only keeps track of 1st and 2nd degrees of consanguinity. I was told this by a Catholic priest probably 10 years ago. Affinity: Related by marriage, like in-laws. An example might be that the wife dies in childbirth, so the man marries his sister-in-law. I have one where he married his mother-in-law. They had no children. Joao Ventura, the archivist in Terceira, explained to me that it was improper back in time to have a woman in the house taking care of the kids, even if it was grandma! So he married her to get the children taken care of (his wife died in childbirth). Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
