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From: jgpo@iwu1c.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Cousins taxonomy
Message-ID: <154@iwu1c.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Oct-83 13:34:08 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  4 13:34:08 1983
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Since net.genealogy hasn't been created yet, I am posting this to
net.misc.  (By the way, I kind of like the net.roots suggestion someone
had.)

What is the meaning of all the different flavors of cousins?  First cousin
is obvious, but I get lost with all the removals, seconds, and thirds.

What is my great-uncle's son?  Is he my first cousin, once removed, or
is he my second cousin?  I get around the confusion by calling him
"Uncle Jim."  Once we have properly classified Uncle Jim, what is his
daughter wrt me?  Is she my first cousin, twice removed, second cousin,
once removed, second cousin, third cousin, shirttail relative, or complete
stranger?

I tried drawing a diagram for a hypothetical family, showing all the
possible interrelations and gene-sharing, but it got hopelessly complex.
Also, I started getting ambiguous results wrt the percentage of genes in
common.

HELP!



	Confusedly yours
	John Opalko
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