If someone is listed as a possible second cousin, the person has three people in their tree, all private. If a person is a possible 8th cousin, they will have 3,000 people in their tree with whom I still can't find a match. The inverse proportionality of #Genealogy
@poemblaze A second cousin is far enough removed that it's unlikely to be any sort of issue. A third cousin, forget it.
And a cousin that is anything "removed" from you is not related directly by blood, but by marriage.
I remember when someone found out Dan Quayle was like 9th cousins with Bush, and they acted like it was nepotism, and I was like "I'm probably their 9th cousin".
@AskTheDevil Nope. Removed means they are not in the same generation as you. A first cousin once removed is my first cousin's child, for example. Second removed is their grandchild. Etc
@AskTheDevil Ha. It also works for one's relationship to people born a couple hundred years ago, but the removes are more complicated.
@poemblaze Is that how it works?
Usuallly, by the time I start having to worry about who the grandkids are marrying, I die and don't have to deal with it.
; )