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From: Norma Whitaker <>
Subject: Re: [CmnFHS] David David Pembrey
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:37:52 -0600
In-Reply-To: <20050822135524.19009.qmail@web88110.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Hi Keith,
Thanks for sharing this with all of us!
Norma
USA


On Monday, August 22, 2005, at 07:55 AM, KEITH DAVIES wrote:

> Hi Pauline & Gaynor.
> The cousin relationship goes like this.
>
> Cousin (first cousin)
> Your first cousins are people in your family who have two of the same
> grandparents as you.In other words,they are the children of your aunts
> & uncles.
>
> 2nd Cousins.
> Your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same
> great-grandparents as you., but not the same grandparents.
>
> Third ,Fourth, and Fifth Cousins.
> Your third cousins have the same great-great- grandparents, fourth
> cousins have the same great-great- great grandparents,and so on.
>
> Removed.
> When the word "removed" is used to describe relationship,it indicates
> that the two people are from different generations. you and your first
> cousins are in the same generation( two generations younger than your
> grandparents), so the once removed is not used to describe your
> relationship.
>
> The word "once removed" means that there is a difference of one
> generation.i.e. your mother's first cousin is your first cousin,"once
> removed". This is because your your mother's first cousins is one
> generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations
> younger than your grandparents. this one-generation difference is
> "once removed".
>
> Twice removed means that there is two-generation difference. You are
> two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so
> you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice
> removed.
>
> That makes Pauline my 3rd cousin.
>
> Clear as Mud?
>
> Keith ...Ontario, Canada.
>
> Pauline James <> wrote:
> Hi Gaynor
>
> I was just glad that I could put you both in touch......I myself am
> now in
> contact with Keith who became a member this year, his great
> grandmother and
> my great grandmother were sisters........it is brilliant to know what
> happened to the other part of the family as when we were growing up we
> only
> had the one cousin.....
>
> Think that if your grandfathers were brothers think its 2nd
> cousins......never really know.....but family all the same!!
>
> Pauline
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glan Harris"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:19 PM
> Subject: [CmnFHS] David David Pembrey
>
>
>> Hi Pauline,
>>
>> Thank you so much for forwarding off list the message from John who
>> was
>> trying to contact me regarding my 4x g. grandfather David David.
>>
>> We have been in touch both by email and phone and I thought that other
>> members would be interested to know that we are related. In fact we
>> are
>> quite closely related, our grandfathers were brothers! Does that make
>> us
>> second cousins or first cousins once removed? I can never work it out.
>>
>> It goes to show how successful the members interests list is proving
>> to be
>> and I'd like to thank you and Richard for all your hard work in
>> putting it
>> together.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Gaynor
>> Cornwall.
>>
>>
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