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From: "Richard Kitchen" <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Family Relationships
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 21:15:39 PDT

>Where can one find information on relationships - such as 7th cousin, once
>removed. Just what exactly does that mean. I'm sure all of you know how
>these relationships are arrived at, but I don't understand. Is there a
>place online where one can learn about this?

"Removed" means a difference in the number of generations from a common
ancestor. For example, if you are 7th cousins with someone, it means that
both of you are 7 generations from a common ancestor. But if you're 7th
cousins, once removed, that means that one of you is 7 generations from the
common ancestor, and one is either 8 or 6 (the removed works both ways).
You can be 3rd cousins three times removed, etc.

Rick Kitchen

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