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christie1111 wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/08/washin ... pstoryview

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I am actually. George is my 4th cousin 9 times removed.

Bob Juch wrote:I am actually. George is my 4th cousin 9 times removed.

What I find amazing is that I actually know how that works. The nth cousin x times removed, thing. That would make a good $500,000 question.

"If Bob's mother's 2nd cousin twice removed had a grandchild, what relation is that grandchild to Bob?"

a. 2nd cousin 4 times removed
b. 4th cousin once removed
c. 3rd cousin once removed
d. 3nd cousin twice removed

Final answer

b. 4th cousin once removed

BackInTex wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:I am actually. George is my 4th cousin 9 times removed.

What I find amazing is that I actually know how that works. The nth cousin x times removed, thing. That would make a good $500,000 question.

"If Bob's mother's 2nd cousin twice removed had a grandchild, what relation is that grandchild to Bob?"

a. 2nd cousin 4 times removed
b. 4th cousin once removed
c. 3rd cousin once removed
d. 3nd cousin twice removed

Final answer

b. 4th cousin once removed

Could you explain it? The "nth cousin x removed" thing always confuses the

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crap

out of me.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BackInTex wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:I am actually. George is my 4th cousin 9 times removed.

What I find amazing is that I actually know how that works. The nth cousin x times removed, thing. That would make a good $500,000 question.

"If Bob's mother's 2nd cousin twice removed had a grandchild, what relation is that grandchild to Bob?"

a. 2nd cousin 4 times removed
b. 4th cousin once removed
c. 3rd cousin once removed
d. 3nd cousin twice removed

Final answer

b. 4th cousin once removed

Could you explain it? The "nth cousin x removed" thing always confuses the

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crap

out of me.

Bob's mother's 2nd cousin twice removed could be either her grandparent's sibling's great-great-grandchild, or her great-great-grandparent's sibling's grandchild. The kind of cousin is determined by the smaller number of generations you have to go back to get to the pair of siblings. The number of times removed is the difference between those numbers for the two cousins.

Because it isn't specified which cousin is closer to the siblings' generation, the final answer in BiT's example could equally have been 3rd cousins thrice removed, if that had been one of the choices.

I'm afraid I haven't explained it all that well. I hope you're less confused, anyhow.

This chart is helpful.

Excellent chart, BiT. Thanks! That helped a lot.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Excellent chart, BiT. Thanks! That helped a lot.

Make sure one of your PaFs has it.