From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Apr 11 14:35:04 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3BKZ4jb028998; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:35:04 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3BKZ2n8028130 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:35:02 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3BI2pFI020890 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:02:51 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3BI2pNN020889 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:02:51 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3BG25FI020558 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:02:05 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3BIY4ew013762 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:34:04 -0600 X-Envelope-From: joanparker@intergate.com Tue Apr 11 12:34:04 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3BIY4jb013753 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:34:04 -0600 Received: from corpweb.trip.net (corpweb.trip.net [216.139.64.18]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3BIY1gj018705 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:34:01 -0600 Received: from acer2e68c49b20 (8-pool1.ras13.floca.alerondial.net [206.148.124.8]) by corpweb.trip.net (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k3BIXqc0074278; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:33:53 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <000901c65d96$7d901530$087c94ce@acer2e68c49b20> From: "Joan Parker" To: "Barb Stevens" , References: <20060410184655.95360.qmail@web81204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] figuring out cousin connections Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:32:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 216.139.64.8 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I wrote a little article for our newsletter explaining it, but my computer is in the shop. Expect it back today and will then send to you the explanation. Joanie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb Stevens" To: Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 2:46 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] figuring out cousin connections >I have a question from a 99 !/2 year old woman that I can't answer and I am >hoping someone here can help me out. > > My father in law--Otis has a first cousin Jessie who will be 100 on July > 27th. Although her memory is not good now she has been an invaluable help > to me with their family history thru the years. > > Now, my son has a baby girl and they have taken her over to see Jessie > and she held her for such a long time that we were afraid Jessie would get > too tired. We also gave her a book of baby photos that she takes to bed > with her each night. Her big question now is what relationship she is to > the baby. I can't tell her! Any help? > > Jessie and Otis are 1st cousins > Dick --my husband--is Otis' son > Sean is Dick's son > Victoria is Sean's daughter > > I get mixed up with 1st cousin 3x removed or 4th cousins--or whatever > choices I haven't even thought of yet! Thanks for any help you can give > me. > > Barb