My cousin story is amusing ( at least I think so). My first wife and I held a social so our families to meet and to celebrate our engagement. On the sofa, my wife's grand parents, my grand father and her uncle who Rev. Donald Campbell were having a sedate conversation, when there the was the flurry of gestures and an increase in the volume their conversation. We all turned to observe their conversation. Then all conversation stopped and Rev. Campbell was seen to be counting on open hand. The elders had discovered that we were related and that we close cousins! It turned out we were second cousins! A close call and for few laughs on that day. So I agree the limited population in the some communities certainly make for some complicated genealogy. Ron On 6/22/07, Wanda Powell <aligator@fairpoint.net> wrote: > > I've been reading these on 2 web sites and have gotten a charge out of > them, > my mother use to sing "I'm my own grandpa" long before hearing about Ray! > I'm related to my own mom 15 different ways. Besides being her daughter > she > is my 6th, 8th, 9th 10th and the list is rather endless. That is only one > I've listed from the kinship report from family tree maker. When adding > the > Steeves line from New Brunswick and how often they intermarried bet one > would not even wish to try. In the early years as people came to America > and > Canada it was understandable they had little to chose from. So what was > the > excuse as time goes by and more families landed in these countries? > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.9.4/860 - Release Date: 6/21/2007 > 5:53 PM > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message