These references should help us all! Jennifer Sherwood Braswell jensgen@iol10.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <jensgen@mail.integrityonline10.COM> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 9:05 AM Subject: Family Tree Finders Tuesday July 11, 2000 : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Tuesday - 11 July 2000 : : An introduction to understanding : cousin relationships. : : : Brought to you today by CyberBounty: : ********************************************************** : Get stuck on FREE Post-it(r) Notes! : Q: What's fun, sticky, and makes life easier? : A: 10 pads of FREE personalized Post-it(r) Notes! : : Pay $3.20 for shipping in the U.S. & the Post-it(r) Notes : are FREE! : - Limited time special offer, good for new customers only. : http://www.cyberbounty.com/ad?a=97&b=10&c=1273 : ********************************************************** : : : FAMILY TREE FINDERS : Tuesday - 11 July 2000 : : Relationship of Cousins : : For many once you get beyond those first cousins you grew : up with, understanding relationships is a very confusing : concept. Add terms like "removed," "double," and "cross" : and even the stout of heart are likely to throw up their hands : in frustration. : : The most important point for beginning to figure out a : cousinship is to first determine the common relative. This : could be a grandfather or a fourth great grandmother. That : is the first issue. Then it is necessary to plot out each of the : direct lineages from that common relative. It is likely to : look something like: : : .....Great Grandfather ...... : | | : Your......siblings....Their : Grandfather Grandfather : | | : Your ....1st cousin... Their : Father Father : | | : You .....2nd cousin ...Them : : As you go down each generation you add one to the cousin : relationship. : : Of course not every cousinship is this simple. There will be : times when your number of generations is more or less : from the common relative than the other individual. In that : case you add the "removes." Using our example above, : your child would be a second cousin, once removed from : your second cousin. You are a first cousin once removed : from their father. : : Once in awhile to add to the confusion, two brothers will : marry two sisters. Their offspring are considered double : first cousins. This is because instead of just sharing one set : of common ancestors, they share both sets. : : When you and your sister each have a child, those children : are known as cross cousins. They are still first cousins, but : they are cross first cousins. This is not as common a term : as the ones discussed above, but you may stumble across it. : : Here are some web sites to help you in figuring out cousin : relationships: : : Cousin Number Counter-Relationship Chart : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1956/cousin.ht : ml : : Cousins: How Far Removed? : http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/cousins.htm : : Cousins Explained : http://www.obliquity.com/family/misc/cousin.html : : What Is A First Cousin, Twice Removed? : http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/16_cousn.html : : Finally, an excellent book that offers great insight into : kinship and relationships of cousins is Jackie Smith : Arnold's "Kinship, It's All Relative" published by : Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. You can find out : more about this book by visiting Genealogy Publishing : Company, Inc. (http://www.genealogybookshop.com/). : The link below will take you right to Arnold's book: : : http://www.genealogybookshop.com/genealogybookshop/fi : les/General,General_Reference/177.html : : : : : : Rhonda R. McClure : rhondam@sodamail.com : : : If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, : please forward this entire message to them! : _________________________________________________ : : IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: : Sodamail Web site: http://www.sodamail.com : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA WEB : Click on the following link to be unsubscribed immediately: : http://gt.sodamail.com/exec/gt/unsubscribe_FT.html?user=583428afee65 : : : NOTE: You can subscribe to other Sodamail newsletters at the same : time! : : TO UNSUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : TO SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL : Send blank email message to: : join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com : : Need help? -- write to: help@sodamail.com : Have questions--write to our editor: editor@sodamail.com : __________________________________________________ : COPYRIGHT 1999-2000 SodaMail LLC. All rights reserved : http://www.Sodamail.com : : : : : :