I've got cousins my age who're one generation ahead of me. Their gma was mum's gma's youngest sister. Aunty Gert b 1885, died 1977, was the last of the sibling group. Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus. > Michael Shergold <michaelshergold@btconnect.com> wrote: > > I am puzzled in that I now find myself in contact with Clare cousins > younger than me) who are in fact true 2nd cousins of my grandfather. Is > > anyone aware of any studies that have been made into why this kind of > generation slippage occurs. In my case it would seem to be because in > Ireland there is a greater spread age difference between the oldest and > the > youngest sibling and that several males married wives younger (by 10 to > 20 > years) than them. > Michael > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Michael, I thought I'd share that the distance between 1st cousins in my family is over 30 years. One of my older sister's (3rd of 12) has a daughter who is 36 and my youngest sister (12 of 12) has a son who is 2 years old. It might have been greater if the oldest sister had had children. +++There is 22 years between my oldest/youngest siblings. +++My dad siblings also had 22 years difference (9 of 11 reached old age). +++Grandfather's oldest/youngest siblings were also 22 years apart. +++Great grandfather's siblings were 23 years difference (9 of 10 lived at least 25 years). My youngest sister, who was born in late 1968 (now 38), has first cousins as old as the hills. One of her (our) first cousins was born in 1917 to my dad's oldest sister. So, the day my dad was born in 1919 he was already an uncle to a two year old. My dad's first child wasn't born until 1946, 29 years later. Big Irish Catholic families....ya gotta luv 'em. Oh ya, let me mention...space differences between my siblings. The lullabies my mum hummed to oldest sister Sue included Rock-A-Bye Baby....youngest sister Sarah got 'Hey Jude'....a song that brought tears to her eyes as a toddler and protests that she was tired of that tune. What song do you suppose was among those burned by my daughter on a CD when Sarah had her first child four years ago? Yup. Jayne Madison, Wisconsin ----- Original Message ----- From: <acpittard@optusnet.com.au> To: <irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] Unaligned generations question. I've got cousins my age who're one generation ahead of me. Their gma was mum's gma's youngest sister. Aunty Gert b 1885, died 1977, was the last of the sibling group. Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus. > Michael Shergold <michaelshergold@btconnect.com> wrote: > > I am puzzled in that I now find myself in contact with Clare cousins > younger than me) who are in fact true 2nd cousins of my grandfather. Is > > anyone aware of any studies that have been made into why this kind of > generation slippage occurs. In my case it would seem to be because in > Ireland there is a greater spread age difference between the oldest and > the > youngest sibling and that several males married wives younger (by 10 to > 20 > years) than them. > Michael > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Larry. ----- Original Message ----- From: <acpittard@optusnet.com.au> To: <irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] Unaligned generations question. > I've got cousins my age who're one generation ahead of me. Their gma > was mum's gma's youngest sister. Aunty Gert b 1885, died 1977, was the > last of the sibling group. > Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus. > > >> Michael Shergold <michaelshergold@btconnect.com> wrote: >> >> I am puzzled in that I now find myself in contact with Clare cousins >> younger than me) who are in fact true 2nd cousins of my grandfather. Is >> >> anyone aware of any studies that have been made into why this kind of >> generation slippage occurs. In my case it would seem to be because in >> Ireland there is a greater spread age difference between the oldest and >> the >> youngest sibling and that several males married wives younger (by 10 to >> 20 >> years) than them. >> Michael >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >