[HPforGrownups] OOP Family tree and Arthur (Was: Re: FAMILY TREE AND MOLLY WEASLEY)

[Maria Gromova]

No: HPFGUIDX 66075

Liz Sager wrote:
> What I don't understand is the 'second cousin, once removed' business.
What
> does it mean if a relative is 'once removed'? I've heard several
references
> to this in my family (as I have a large extended family), but whenever I
ask
> what it means, I never get a straight answer. Since Arthur is Sirius's
> second cousin, once removed, what exactly is the relation?
Maria answers:
'Once removed' means one of them is one generation younger, that is, one of
them is a son of a second cousin of another. I assume it is Sirius who is a
son of a second cousin of Arthur's, since Sirius is younger, but who knows?
It can be the onther way around. Family trees can get very tangled, I know
:)
Maria.