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From: Nearl J Icarus <>
Subject: Re: dumb cousin question
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:38:08 -0500
References: <bg0vmv8aa66jmo7puf6pb64lrhr13a5n01@4ax.com> <002f282d@fmlynet.org> <QZCdnUSGl4SlAMDcRVn-hg@magma.ca>


In article <>, says...

>your first cousin's first cousin, twice removed. Your great-grandchild will
>be your first cousin's first cousin, three times removed. After that, well,
>it just gets silly.

Why's that? I know a couple 3rd cousins 3x removed. (they happen to be my
girlfriend's grandkids). I forget the context of the conversation, but I told
their mother that her kids had an ancestor in the Civil War. The veteran's
brother is my ggrandfather.

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