Genealogy...I need help?

Question

Ok, so how does the 1st cousin, 2nd cousin, etc, etc. thing work? How about the "Once removed" part, how does that work? And is there a website that explais all this? Is it really hard to understand?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

HA!  Ted strikes again!  I just LOVE IT!!!

Thanks for the laugh Ted.  Your comedic timing is impeccable.  

~~ Adair (formerly known as Violet.  I decided that since this is the genealogy forum I would use a name that had more genealogical meaning to me, so I adopted my great-grandmother's name Adair).

Answer 2

Have a look at this site it may help you.

http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrela...

Answer 3

http://www.tedpack.org/cousins.html

has better jokes.

It isn't hard to understand for genealogists, but we tend to be warm, wise, witty, well-read and devilishly handsome. Also we use it all the time. You normal people will probably forget after a month or two.

Mandarin Chinese, with the tones, isn't that hard to learn, if you use it all the time. I know of 8-year old kids who speak it perfectly. They live in Beijing.