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 Six living generations is amazing! @AskTheDevil
My grandmother is 98 and at least one person in every generation after had their first child young.
@Tarnagh @AskTheDevil That's wonderful. My dad would be 98 this year. He made it to 90 and was very pleased.
I lost track of my oldest cousin years ago, but his oldest (4th gen) is almost 40. His daughter (5th gen) had a child at 16, I think. And that child is old enough now to have children. So afaik through my oldest cousin there's at least 6 generations. Possibly 7, depending on if the oldest in *that* generation has had a kid yet. They seem to have their first child between 16 and 18, and I'm sure of six but it could actually be seven generations. Which is insane.