<< Grinning... Sheesh! Family Tree???- Once removed & Twice removed - ha ha! Is that Shakespearean or Victorian times?? >> AD
LR: Neither. All it does is describe a relationship in the Ascendency or Descendency. << 1st cousins are more than enough, 2nd cousins? maybe... grin grin grin... >> AD LR: ...And limit the definition of *My Family* to only 3 or 4 generations? Even when I have the computer and internet, today? Even the Portuguese consider (ed) 6 generations as *Family*. A Chart for figuring relationships is appended below. Reads better in HTML but am not sure that format will go through. < big grin > Lawrence ----- A Chart for Figuring Relationships 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 CA C GC GGC 2GGC 3GGC 4GGC 5GGC 6GGC 1 C S N GN GGN 2GGN 3GGN 4GGN 5GGN 2 GC N 1C 1C1R 1C2R 1C3R 1C4R 1C5R 1C6R 3 GGC GN 1C1R 2C 2C1R 2C2R 2C3R 2C4R 2C5R 4 2GGC GGN 1C2R 2C1R 3C 3C1R 3C2R 3C3R 3C4R 5 3GGC 2GGN 1C3R 2C2R 3C1R 4C 4C1R 4C2R 4C3R 6 4GGC 3GGN 1C4R 2C3R 3C2R 4C1R 5C 5C1R 5C2R 7 5GGC 4GGN 1C5R 2C4R 3C3R 4C2R 5C1R 6C 6C1R 8 6GGC 5GGN 1C6R 2C5R 3C4R 4C3R 5C2R 6C1R 7C CA Common Ancestor C Child S Sibling GC Grand Child GGC Great Grand Child N Niece/Nephew GN Grand Niece/Nephew GGN Great Great Niece/Nephew #C Number of Cousin (1C = 1st cousin, 2C = 2nd cousin, etc.) #R Number of times removed (1R = once removed, 2R = twice removed, etc.) On the top row, find the relationship of one person to the common ancestor and follow the column straight down. Find the other person's relationship to the common ancestor on the left hand column and follow that row straight across. The relationship is where the projected row and column meet. NOTE: A first cousin once removed is a term that could describe either the child of your first cousin (in the descendancy) or the child of your great-aunt (in the ascendancy). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--W-E-B--S-I-T-E--=-=-=-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from Saligaonet | http://www.goacom.com/saligao_tinto/ ============================================================================ * Send e=mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Leave SUBJECT blank <--- Commom Mistake !! * On first line of the BODY of your message, type: subscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL OR unsubscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL Questions/Problems? Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
