DICKPOLL@aol.com wrote: > > If A is related to B and B is related to C, why is A not related to C? > A related to B means there is someone in the ancestry of A that is the same as in the ancestry of B. Call this person D. Also, assume that D is the ONLY person common to the ancestry of both A and B. B related to C means there is someone in the ancestry of B that is the same as in the ancestry of C. Call this person E. Also assume that E is the ONLY person common to the ancestry of both B and C. Now unless D and E are the same person, then A is not related to C. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/