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From: "Barbara Wylie" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Evidence Questions
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:49:59 -0500
In-Reply-To: <41617AA1.5070305@vnet.net>


I agree with Allison and Melvyn. Growing up in Missouri and having spent
much of my adult life in Texas, I usually hear non-genealogists refer to the
child of their cousin as a 2nd cousin and the 2nd cousin's child as a 3rd
cousin.

Barbara Brixey Wylie


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Subject: [APG] Evidence Questions

Some longed-for descent evidence has turned up, but the witness isn't
cooperating.

In a 1908 murder trial of defendant (we'll call him Henry, son of
Hector), testimony was given by defendant's relative (we'll call him
John). Witness John stated he was second cousin to defendant Henry. Then
witness John stated, "my daughter (we'll call her Jane) is third cousin
to defendant Henry."

Well now, I'm comfortable in assuming John was not consulting a
degree-of-kin chart as he testified. And, I am pretty comfortable that
John was not knowledgeable about "cousins removed." What I *want* John
to be saying is, "My Daddy was first cousin to Hector, and that makes
Hector's son Henry and me second cousins." But when we get to John's
daughter Jane, the reasoning falls apart.

What descent do y'all think John was describing?

Kathy

Kathy Gunter Sullivan, CG (sm)
CG and Certified Genealogist are registered service marks conferred by
the Board for Certification of GenealogistsR after an associate has
demonstrated the ability to meet rigorous ethical and competency standards.



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