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| Cousins!, Split from "norquist drafting constitutional amendment to prevent |
 Nov 13 2007, 06:46 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28  |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 13 2007, 05:11 PM)  Wow, Wiki's a great resource. Seems like most of the presidential families are related to each other somehow. yeah but that doesn't mean anything. i think if you find 2 random people in the US, chances are they're 4th cousins..or something like that. --------------------  |
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Nov 13 2007, 08:17 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Yeah, I know. I still think it's funny, though.
But hell, I barely see/talk to my first cousins, much less all the others (in fact, all of my second cousins I either don't know or hate with a fiery passion). -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2007, 08:34 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
i dont think i have cousins? i guess that saves me from some family turmoil
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Nov 13 2007, 08:44 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Oh, you almost certainly have cousins of some kind or another. Maybe not first cousins, but some kind down the line.
On a side note, I would always get irked when people would refer to my mom's cousin as my "Aunt" Kathy. I think people were surprised to hear a young kid say "she's not my aunt, she's my first cousin once removed". This post has been edited by Spectatrix: Nov 13 2007, 08:46 PM -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2007, 10:21 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Nov 13 2007, 08:34 PM) i dont think i have cousins? i guess that saves me from some family turmoil yeah you might not have 1st cousins. but for example, your mom's or dad's 1st cousins would be your 2nd cousins, etc. maybe some of us on techsans are cousins! actually, everyone is related to each other to a certain degree...somewhere down the line. -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2007, 11:11 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Nov 13 2007, 10:21 PM) yeah you might not have 1st cousins. but for example, your mom's or dad's 1st cousins would be your 2nd cousins, etc. maybe some of us on techsans are cousins! actually, everyone is related to each other to a certain degree...somewhere down the line. Actually her mom and dad's 1st cousins would be her 1st cousins, once removed. The kids of their 1st cousins would be her 2nd cousins. Gotta match up generations or else it's once, twice, thrice removed, etc. -------------------- |
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Nov 13 2007, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 13 2007, 11:11 PM) Actually her mom and dad's 1st cousins would be her 1st cousins, once removed. The kids of their 1st cousins would be her 2nd cousins. Gotta match up generations or else it's once, twice, thrice removed, etc. you just gave me a horrible flashback to my Wills and Estates mid-term.... -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2007, 12:39 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
i never understood the whole "once removed" stuff.
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Nov 14 2007, 01:15 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,302 Joined: 20-February 07 Member No.: 721 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Nov 14 2007, 12:39 AM) i never understood the whole "once removed" stuff. once removed means one below you (like your sons generation... but however many cousins over) so a 2nd cousin once removed would be: Your great grand parents have a 2 kids... one becomes your grand parent the other doesn't. The kid that didn't become your grandparent has a kid (that is your fathers generation), they in turn have a kid (your generation), and then they have a kid (one below you)... and thats your 2nd cousin once removed confused? yeah, its so much easier in a chart -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2007, 02:01 AM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
ahhh that makes sense.
i always thought the cousin of my mom would be my 2nd cousin...and then the kid of my mom's cousin would be my 3rd cousin. but this way makes more sense... -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2007, 08:22 AM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Nov 13 2007, 11:15 PM) you just gave me a horrible flashback to my Wills and Estates mid-term.... Wills and Estates should be subtitled. Wills and Estates: Nap Time! Everyone I know in Law School that's done W&E says it's the most boring class, ever. And I asked people with different prof's, so yah. Either the profs are boring or the subject matter is boring. --------------------  |
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Nov 14 2007, 08:26 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (THECHICKEN @ Nov 14 2007, 01:15 AM) once removed means one below you (like your sons generation... but however many cousins over) so a 2nd cousin once removed would be: Your great grand parents have a 2 kids... one becomes your grand parent the other doesn't. The kid that didn't become your grandparent has a kid (that is your fathers generation), they in turn have a kid (your generation), and then they have a kid (one below you)... and thats your 2nd cousin once removed confused? yeah, its so much easier in a chart One generation above or below. Chart! 
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Nov 14 2007, 09:20 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,302 Joined: 20-February 07 Member No.: 721 |
QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Nov 14 2007, 08:26 AM) One generation above or below. Chart! Actually removed means down.... from what we were taught for the different systems of inheritence through hiers. and thats not a very good chart, ours had one person to start from, and told you what the persons were called three generations out etc. -------------------- |
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Nov 14 2007, 09:25 AM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm.../CousinTree.svg
Here's a little bit easier to read chart. Essentially, your second cousin is your cousin's cousin. A cousin once removed is a cousin one generation above or below you. This post has been edited by pebkac: Nov 14 2007, 09:26 AM -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Nov 14 2007, 09:36 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,302 Joined: 20-February 07 Member No.: 721 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Nov 14 2007, 09:25 AM) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm.../CousinTree.svg Here's a little bit easier to read chart. Essentially, your second cousin is your cousin's cousin. A cousin once removed is a cousin one generation above or below you. If im not mistaken... you'd just call that ... an uncle (if above) So that when you say "once removed" you know what the term means (as in going below) Maybe i caught something wrong, but usually once removed up would just be called a "second uncle" for example, and not "2nd cousin, once removed" and 2nd grandfather, etc. no "removed" until below you. your charts only showed "cousins" which i don't know why you'd do it that way -------------------- |
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