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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 10:14:09 -0500
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Jim Blease wrote:
>More fun: My grandfather's uncle married my grandmother's aunt. A
>child of the aunt and uncle was the blood first cousin of each of my
>grandparents. What was the blood relationship of the next generation?
>Double second cousins??

Nope, just second cousins. Many people do use the term "double cousin" (my
wife has a number of double first cousins), but genealogically speaking
they're still just cousins. I would agree that, genetically-speaking, the
relationship seems more that. But genealogically there is no
difference. That is, there is no recognized genealogical authority who
endorses the term "double". In other words, a double cousin is a cousin
is a cousin. <g>

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