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

[Liz Sager]

No: HPFGUIDX 66144




>From: "bowlwoman" <bowlwoman at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] OOP Family tree and Arthur (Was: Re: FAMILY TREE 
>AND MOLLY WEASLEY)
>Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:07:29 -0000
>
>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Liz Sager" <ChaserChick at h...>
>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?
>
>My mom has done geneaology for 30 years, so I know this stuff like
>the back of my hand.  J

<snip>

>To determine the relationship, you always find the uppermost
>relationship that will give a horizontal generation for ONE of the
>participants (i.e. Edward and Arthur are on the horizontal, so you
>use that for the basis of the degree of cousins) then you count down
>the number of generations you have to go until you find the other
>person.  Just to practice, we can determine Margaret and Sirius'
>relationship.  They are first cousins twice removed. Margaret is the
>relative the highest on the chart, so you use her relationship to the
>chart (first cousin) then count down 2 generations to Sirus.

Ah, yes. I understand. I suspect my family was 'removing' horizontal rather 
than vertically. (Don't ask me how.) That makes sense. Thank you!

<snip>
Even though
>Sirius would have 16 great-great grandfathers, the fact that JKR
>mentioned both Phineas' relationship to Sirius and the Sirius/Arthur
>relationship makes me wonder if Phineas isn't the common ancestor.
>That would make Phineas Arthur's great-grandfather as well.  This
>might also help explain all the Weasley boys being prefects/HB and
>maybe Phineas will prove to play a bigger role with Ron or Ginny in
>the future.

Hm. True, true.

Liz

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