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From: Nearl J Icarus <>
Subject: Re: Questions about cousins
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:24:59 -0500
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In article <>,
says...

>An example of what I call "generation overlap":
>I just met some descendants of my first cousin. She has a 3-yr-old
>granddaughter and a 3-yr-old great-granddaughter. Just looks like they
>oughta be the same generation, but they're not...

There is a fairly large age difference between my parents (almost 16 years).
Dad was 39 when I was born. My oldest cousin on my Dad's side is older than my
mother.

My girlfriend's grandkids are my third-cousin three times removed. Their
g-grandfather is the same generation as I am, and I'm 48. So, yeah, some of
those generations tend to slip a little.

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