Hi Diana and all Luv it!! I've enjoyed Ray Stevens' songs through the years but didn't know about this particular one. Muriel Davidson also mentioned it, too. Must get it for my music collection to go along with all the books I have in my genealogy collection. So far I have had many a helpful response on list (and one not so helpful, off-list.) I'm sure there will be more responses. But it looks like I'm not all by myself in this boat. Got one reply from a lady that is her own 5th cousin, one time removed and that her ancestors were their own 1st cousins, one time removed. Another reply indicated that the responder's husband was his own cousin in 10 different ways (from 4th through 10th with even being his own 1/2 cousin as well.) She suspects it has to do with intermarriages. Thanks to John for the website he sent me to that has a lot to do about "cousinships." ******************** I use FTM (latest version) but cannot find a simple way to determine the "common ancestors" of 2 particular individuals that happen to be cousins. I use a lot of "trial and error" going both up and down in those particular cousins' ancestries. Lots of paper and pencil, as well. Anyone know of a step (maybe that I am missing) that would determine common ancestors of 2 cousins (via FTM) with the hit of a few letters on the keyboard? Thanks Richard Hardwick (Researching direct lines in Nova Scotia and New England - HARDWICK, ARMSTRONG, BARTEAUX, SPURR, HENDERSON, BLACKMAR, MARSH) RiHardwick@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Lynn Tibert" <tibert@ns.sympatico.ca> Cc: "NS ednet list" <NSroots@ednet.ns.ca>; "NOVA-SCOTIA" <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Related to myself - how? > This reminds me of that song by Ray Stevens, I'm My Own Grandpa Tab. > > Diana > ------- > I'm My Own Grandpa by Ray Stevens > > Now many, many years ago when I was twenty-three > I was married to a widder who was pretty as can be > This widder had a grown up daughter who had hair of red > My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed. > > This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life > My daughter was my mother for she was my father's wife > To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy > I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. > > My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad > And so became my uncle though it made me very sad > For if he was my uncle then that also made him brother > Of the widder's grown up daughter who of course was my step-mother. > > Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run > And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son > My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue > Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too. > > Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild > And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild > For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw > As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa. > > I'm my own grand-pa. I'm my own grand-pa. > It sounds funny I know, but it really is so > Oh, I'm my own grand-pa. > > > ----------------- > >> >> This makes me a third cousin to my mother, as >> she and I are both children of second cousins in the >> same ancestral lineage. And, of course, to myself I am >> a third cousin, once removed (3C1R). Thus, when I use >> my genealogy software to print out the descendants of >> Samuel CHACEY (our common ancestor) I appear twice (and >> in different generations)-- once as a descendant of my >> grandfather and once in my grandmother's line. What >> better proof that I am my own cousin. >> >> >> > > ---------------------------------------- > 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