[HPforGrownups] OOP: ESE!Lupin?; tapestry; def. of cousins; ship

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 63644


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> Hi there!  I've totally given up on keeping up with the messages, so I'm
> sure someone has discussed Ever So Evil! Lupin and given details as to how
> he proves his evilness in Book 5.  If so, can someone point me to that
> message?  If not, would someone like to give it a go?  I personally don't
> believe this theory (yet), but I find it very interesting and would like
to
> keep up with it.
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> Also, has anyone yet drawn out the full tapestry in the Black house (or at
> least as much of it as we are given details of)?  Is it on the web
anywhere?
>   And here's a question that my extended family has never been able to
> settle:  A and B are brothers.  They each have a son, respectively C and
D,
> who are first cousins.  C and D each have a son also, respectively E and
F.
> I say that E and F (same generation)  are "second cousins".  I say that C
> and F (different generations) or D and E (different generations) are
"first
> cousins once removed".  My family say vice versa.  What is the generally
> accepted version, and is it the same in the U.S. and the U.K.?

A friend and I were discussing just this last night.  Neither of us knew, so
I ended up doing a web search.  This web page might help to explain it:
http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/16_cousn.html.  Hope this helps.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova