I am so glad some one was able to explan that to me so I could understand it. Thank's ----- Original Message ----- From: RT Couture Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:24 PM To: MIHOUGHT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIHOUGHT] describing "once removed" term In November's issue of Biography Magazine, appeared this genealogy description of "once removed." I thought others would like to know about it: First cousins share a common grandparent, while second cousins share a common great-grandparent, third cousins share a common great-great-grandparent and so on. In all of these cases, they are the same number of generations away from the common ancestor. With first cousins once removed, they are one generation apart, or removed, in their connection to that ancestor: In other words, one descends from the grandparent; the other from the great-grandparent. When we say that Lee Marvin is a 1st cousin 4 times removed of Robert E. Lee, this means that Robert E. Lee's grandfather was Lee Marvin's 4th-great-grandfather. Lee Marvin's 2nd great-grandmother, Ann Matilda Lee, and Robert E. Lee were first cousins. Rhonda R. McClure, Genealogist --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site ==== MIHOUGHT Mailing List ==== The Ross Collection Copper Country Obituaries and Newspaper Transcripts http://www.mfhn.com/rosscoll/rosscoll.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237