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

Hi Michael The same has happened in my family. For instance my Great-Grandfather was born in 1867, my grt grt grandparents fifth child. Their first child was born in 1860 and their last child was born in 1881. Unfortunately the first child dies at the age of 18 in 1878, (the last child being named after him three years later). However had he lived, he could well have been having children by the early 1880s. The tragedy in all this is that of the 10 children born over the twenty years, only 3 or 4 survived to adulthood. Regards Bill -----Original Message----- From: irl-clare-projects-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-clare-projects-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Shergold Sent: 21 April 2007 20:27 To: irl-clare-projects@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CLARE-PROJECTS] Unaligned generations question. 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