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Ancestry/Genealogy

Foolacious

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6. Having written out a way to calculate, I now understand what you were implying.

Reply to Captain Zero (Original post)

Thu May 27, 2021, 09:55 PM

May 2021

That is, that Abbie is a child of Moe and Jerry is a child of George. And Helen is a child of Abbie, and Joe is a child of Jerry. And Edward is a child of Joe. Therefore:

Moe and Edward are 1st cousins thrice removed.
Abbie and Edward are 2nd cousins twice removed.
Helen and Edward are 3rd cousins once removed.

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Explain these cousins to me, please [View all] Captain Zero May 2021 OP

From the mapping you've given it's not possible to tell (nt) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #1

needs more info Kali May 2021 #2

Jinx! (nt) Hugh_Lebowski May 2021 #3

Try applying your names to this diagram... ignoring gender which is added unnecessarily. RockRaven May 2021 #4

To calculate: Foolacious May 2021 #5

Having written out a way to calculate, I now understand what you were implying. Foolacious May 2021 #6

Yes this is correct. Irish_Dem May 2021 #8

Well, in Alabama rownesheck May 2021 #7