Geneaology Lessons (from Existance thread)

[Dalton]

I owe my existance to the Mawson Expedition to the South Pole, my great uncle Belgrave Ninnis fell down a crevasse and died in Antarctica, my Great Grandfather, met my Great Grandmother at his memorial service.

Several years later, here I am.

This makes no sense. The parents met each other at their son's memorial service???

[Gandalf]

I owe my existance to the Mawson Expedition to the South Pole, my great uncle Belgrave Ninnis fell down a crevasse and died in Antarctica, my Great Grandfather, met my Great Grandmother at his memorial service.

Several years later, here I am.

This makes no sense. The parents met each other at their son's memorial service???

I think I've botched the titles, it was his brothers service. I think that makes him my great great uncle.

Sorry.

[Dalton]

This makes no sense. The parents met each other at their son's memorial service???

I think I've botched the titles, it was his brothers service. I think that makes him my great great uncle.

Sorry.

OK, Great Great Uncle makes more sense Your great uncle would be your mother or father's uncle (grandmother or grandfather's sibling (and their kids would be your first cousins once removed, but I digress)).

What can I say, my dad is the family geneaologist and my mom's side of the family, being Italian, is extremely intertwined (My great aunt and great uncle are second cousins...no kids tho...).

[Gandalf]

OK, Great Great Uncle makes more sense Your great uncle would be your mother or father's uncle (grandmother or grandfather's sibling (and their kids would be your first cousins once removed, but I digress)).

What can I say, my dad is the family geneaologist and my mom's side of the family, being Italian, is extremely intertwined (My great aunt and great uncle are second cousins...no kids tho...).

Thanks for the help, I might have looked quite the fool, or redneck hick.

[Dalton]

OK, Great Great Uncle makes more sense Your great uncle would be your mother or father's uncle (grandmother or grandfather's sibling (and their kids would be your first cousins once removed, but I digress)).

What can I say, my dad is the family geneaologist and my mom's side of the family, being Italian, is extremely intertwined (My great aunt and great uncle are second cousins...no kids tho...).

Thanks for the help, I might have looked quite the fool, or redneck hick.

Honest mistake, no worries I've spent a long time trying to figure out exactly how my mother's side of the family is related (ex: my grandmother and my great aunt Assunta are sisters-in-law in TWO WAYS - through her brother (my grandma's deceased husband) and through my grandma's brother (my great aunt's recently-deceased husband) - that's brother-sister marrying sister-brother - real farm wedding. Rural Italy here.).

[Gandalf]

Honest mistake, no worries I've spent a long time trying to figure out exactly how my mother's side of the family is related (ex: my grandmother and my great aunt Assunta are sisters-in-law in TWO WAYS - through her brother (my grandma's deceased husband) and through my grandma's brother (my great aunt's recently-deceased husband) - that's brother-sister marrying sister-brother - real farm wedding. Rural Italy here.).

Would you be able to explain to me what "removed" means in reference to relatives?

eg: Cousin "once removed" and the such.

[Dalton]

Would you be able to explain to me what "removed" means in reference to relatives?

eg: Cousin "once removed" and the such.

It denotes a generation gap. Your uncle's kids would be your cousins, but your GREAT Uncle's kids would be your first cousins once removed since they're one generation higher than you are. Their kids would be your second cousins.

[Gandalf]

Would you be able to explain to me what "removed" means in reference to relatives?

eg: Cousin "once removed" and the such.

It denotes a generation gap. Your uncle's kids would be your cousins, but your GREAT Uncle's kids would be your first cousins once removed since they're one generation higher than you are. Their kids would be your second cousins.

Thanks, I've been trying to figure that out for about seven years.

[Dalton]

Thanks, I've been trying to figure that out for about seven years.

It gets very confusing very quick

If you want to practice, work out the familial relationships between Merry, Pippin and Frodo using the family tree reference at the back of ROTK

[Gandalf]

Thanks, I've been trying to figure that out for about seven years.

It gets very confusing very quick

If you want to practice, work out the familial relationships between Merry, Pippin and Frodo using the family tree reference at the back of ROTK

One step at a time, I'm no miracle worker.