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From: (Mark Harry)
Subject: Re: Nephew double meaning
Date: 14 Jan 2004 03:27:00 -0800
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Eve McLaughlin wrote:
> yes - led astray by the Latin nepos, which means grandson but looks
like
> nephew. And cousin can mean any sort of relative other than
parents,
> children or siblings (inc grandsons, great nephews etc)

I have seen a gloucestershire will, dated c. 1595 from memory, where
the testator called his own son and heir his "cousin"

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