----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:05 PM Subject: Re: Incest
> William T Goodall wrote: > >And I'm not even sure what a second cousin twice removed is... > > If your father and my father were brothers, you and I would be cousins > (first cousins). If you had a son and I had a son, our sons would be second > cousins of each other, and your son would be my first cousin, once removed > (same for you and my son, obviously). If my son had a daughter, you and my > granddaughter would be first cousins, twice removed. Your son and my > granddaughter would be second cousins, once removed. If your son also had a > daughter, our granddaughters would be third cousins to each other. If my > granddaughter had a daughter, then you and my great-granddaughter would be > first cousins, three times removed, and your son and my great-granddaughter > would be second cousins twice removed, and your granddaughter and my > great-granddaughter would be third cousins once removed. > > So your second cousin, twice removed, would be either your father or > mother's cousin's great-grandchild or their great-grandparent). > > Clear as mud? > That's not the way we ever accounted for cousins. My mothers cousins were always counted as second cousins to me. Is there an official means of counting cousins? xponent Kissin' Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
