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 And I'm talking about trying to figure out how they're related to me for genealogical purposes. The closer they're related, the less info I seem to get in their family tree in order to figure it out.
@poemblaze Ah. Are they trying to upsell you or something?
@AskTheDevil Nope. I'm just a genealogy maniac who wants to know how everyone on earth is related to each other. I'm perfectly reasonable.
Seems like a good place to leave this, although you guys probably already know this:
@Tarnagh @AskTheDevil Thanks. I was going to post one of those a few days ago and forgot.
I saw that ages ago and every once in a while it comes in handy that I still remember it.
Generally around the time I'm at a family reunion. 😂
Wow! Yeah that's useful! My mother's side of the family can currently field at least six living generations that I'm aware of. Husband's side doesn't go that deep but it's a lot wider - his grandmother was the oldest of 13 and even he needs a flow chart at family reunions. 😂
@Tarnagh @AskTheDevil I have a half brother born in 1947. I was born 19 years later. My dad had a sister born 13 years before him. My grandma was born in 1903 and her earliest sibling was born in ~1886. So I can meet people who have my great grandparents as their fourth great grandparents.