Thankyou for the explanation, it is now as clear as mud - I don't think I will ever understand it thanks anyway On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:13 PM, dkbarbee@juno.com <dkbarbee@juno.com>wrote: > Hi! > > To figure out the once removed scheme I usually have to review it in my > genealogy program, it is confusing. The best way I have to understand it > is by using examples of relatives that I know. My mom has a first cousin, > Marv. Marv and I are first cousins - ONCE REMOVED. My son, Paul, and Marv > are first cousins, TWICE REMOVED. I guess you would have to say where the > direct connection with cousins is, whether it is first, second, etc. the > relationship of the children to the cousin named makes it the once, twice, > etc removed. Another example, I have a second cousin, Karen. She and Paul > would still be second cousins, but once removed. Her children and Paul > would be 3rd cousins. I usually just jot the names down and I get a better > idea of the scheme. I hope this helps, or I hope that someone can explain > it better. > > Debbie Barbee > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Billie Dale Wakefield <daleydell@googlemail.com> > To: sackett@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SACKETT] Welcome new member Bridget Schuelke > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:06:03 +0000 > > What does once or twice removed mean Karen, I am related, not on the > Sackett line as that goes back to someone, that as far as I know is not > related at all, through grandfather, who was a Sackett,he was second > cousin twice removed, from a royal, must be his mother or grandmother? - I > used to think it was illegitemacy or through the mother or something - I am > entirely lost. > > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 5:43 PM, <hk2016@netscape.net> wrote: > > > Welcome, Bridget. I am your 2nd cousin once removed. Karen Gerke > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dkbarbee <dkbarbee@juno.com> > > To: sackett <sackett@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sat, Feb 9, 2013 11:36 am > > Subject: [SACKETT] Welcome new member Bridget Schuelke > > > > > > I would like to welcome new member # 401, Bridget Schuelke! I took a > > quick peek > > t the Sackett database and think I see your line. If that is the one, > you > > till get to have the fun connecting to more of the Sacketts with Orlin > > Sackett. > > am sure that Thurmon will have some thoughts on that connection! He is > > the > > EST! Have fun with your searching and welcome to our group! > > Debbie Barbee > > SFA President > > ------------------------------- > > he Sackett Family Association website is at > http://www.sackettfamily.info/ > > . > > To contact the Sackett List Admin, send a message to > > SACKETT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > See list information and search the archives at > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/s/sackett.html > > ------------------------------ > > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SACKETT-request@rootsweb.com > > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > > of > > he message > > > > ------------------------------- > > The Sackett Family Association website is at > > http://www.sackettfamily.info/. > > > > To contact the Sackett List Admin, send a message to > > SACKETT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > See list information and search the archives at > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/s/sackett.html > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SACKETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > The Sackett Family Association website is at > http://www.sackettfamily.info/. > > To contact the Sackett List Admin, send a message to > SACKETT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > See list information and search the archives at > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/s/sackett.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SACKETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > The Sackett Family Association website is at > http://www.sackettfamily.info/. > > To contact the Sackett List Admin, send a message to > SACKETT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > See list information and search the archives at > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/s/sackett.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SACKETT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >