Irish twins are siblings born less than a year apart. I don't know what "irish cousins" are. Regards, Win MacKenzie Susan Harvey wrote: > Hi, > > Does Irish Cousinsand > Irish twins have specific meaning then please? > Sue H > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Win MacKenzie" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 1:05 AM > Subject: Re: [DUNB] German Cousins ? > > >> Hi Dave, >> It just means that they were first cousins. >> The first time I saw that term was on my grandfather's birth >> certificate - the informant was a cousin, German. >> For quite a while I thought he had relatives living in Germany ! :-) >> Regards, >> Win MacKenzie >> >> Dave Carney wrote: >> >>> I am looking at a marriage record for William Buchanan and Annie >>> Henderson >>> in 1893. In the second column which is titled "Rank or Profession, >>> Whether >>> Single or Widowed, and Relationship if any", it shows that William >>> was a >>> bachelor and a draper, and Annie was a spinster. Immediately under the >>> entry "Spinster" for Annie it appears to say "Cousins - German". >>> >>> Would anyone know what this means? >>> >>> In the column for the parents, under Annie it shows that her father was >>> George Henderson and her mother was Annie Henderson, M.S. Buchanan. >>> >>> It would appear that they are somehow related but I have never heard >>> the >>> expression German cousins before. >>> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >>> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.8/415 - Release Date: >> 09/08/2006 >> >> > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >