Re: How many 1st cousins 6x removed?

On Jul 6, 6:39=EF=BF=BDam, Nick Wedd <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Mensanator <mensana...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On Jun 27, 3:22=EF=BF=BDam, James Dow Allen <jdallen2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> The famous abolitionist martyr John Brown
> >> =EF=BF=BDhttp://fabpedigree.com/s032/f250617.htm
> >> was my 1st cousin 6 times removed.
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> >> I mentioned this to someone the other day and they
> >> laughed, thinking this was a distant relation****p.
> >> About how many 1st cousins 6x removed does
> >> an average person have? =EF=BF=BDHow does this compare with
> >> the number of 6th cousins 1x removed?
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> >> I don't expect an exact answer -- just a "back of
> >> envelope" estimate. =EF=BF=BDThere is an interesting little
> >> "gotcha" in the calculation.
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> >> Other interesting puzzles arise when one tries to
> >> apply simple math to genealogy. =EF=BF=BDFor example,
> >> I'm a descendant of Charlemagne, who was born
> >> 1266 years ago. =EF=BF=BDAny idea how many distinct
> >> lines of descent, known or unknown, I (or you) have
> >> from Charlemagne?
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> >All this talk of removable cousins made me think of
> >The War of the Roses for some reason.
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> >Using the Canon law relation****p chart from Wikipedia,
> >I calculated that:
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> >Edward III =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD
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=EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD : common progenitor
> >Richard II =EF=BF=BD & Henry IV =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD: cousin
> >Richard, DoY & Henry V =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD : 2nd cousin
> >Edward IV =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD& Henry VI =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD: 3rd cousin
> >Richard III =EF=BF=BD& Henry VII =EF=BF=BD : 2nd cousin 1x removed
> >Edward V =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD & Henry VIII =EF=BF=BD: 3rd cousin 1x
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> Edward III's grandson Richard of Conisburgh married his first cousin
> twice removed, Anne Mortimer, Edward III's great great granddaughter.
> So:
> Richard, DoY & Henry V =EF=BF=BD : 2nd cousin & 2nd cousin twice removed
> Edward IV =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD& Henry VI =EF=BF=BD: 3rd cousin & 3nd
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n twice removed
> Richard III =EF=BF=BD& Henry VII : 2nd cousin 1x removed & 2nd cousin 3x
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removed
> Edward V =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD & Henry VIII: 3rd cousin 1x removed & 3rd
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usin 3x removed

Back then the only thing worse than not having
an heir to the throne was having an heir to the
throne.

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