The two ( Ethel and Trilby) were children of brothers who shared a grandmother. (not sisters). My mother was Ethel and her cousin is Trilby, so I am Trilby's first cousin once-removed. Now Trilbys daughter and Ethel's daughter shared a ggrandmother that makes them second cousins. Do I have this correct? Thanks so much, joyce ----- Original Message ---- From: "Cooperbobw@aol.com" <Cooperbobw@aol.com> To: tnwayne@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:43:43 PM Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] Kinfolk? This discussion came up between my cousin Steve Cooper and me the last  time I was there.  It was a hoot!Tennessee and Alabama folks seem to have  their own folksy way of figuring this out, but what you said is correct.  If two sisters have girls, the girls are first cousins.  When the girls  have children, the children are second cousins.  The children of the first  cousins are first cousins once removed of their mother's first  cousin.  Barbara Cooper McGee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 8/19/2008 10:53:29 A.M. Central Standard Time,  lunaallenjoyce@yahoo.com writes: Question: My mother(Ethel) has a first cousin(trilby)  They  share a grandmother. (so they are first cousins.) Now Joyce is Trilby's  first cousin once removed? They each have a daughter(Pat and  Joyce) who share the ggrandmother. Does this make Pat and Joyce second  cousins? joyce ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list,  please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word  'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the  message **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.      (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message