[HPforGrownups] Cousins by marriage ?

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 106398



delwynmarch <delwynmarch at yahoo.com> wrote:
Sirius says he and Molly are cousins by marriage. What does that mean? To me, that would mean that one of the two married the other's cousin. But that's obviously impossible. So what does it mean ?

akh: When I read that, I presumed that one of Sirius' cousins married one of Molly's cousins.  Given the mania for keeping track of ancestry, they'd know about those cousins, even if they were second-cousins.  In my mother's family, ancestry is tracked very closely, and she knew that her childhood friend's wife was her cousin's niece by marriage (Mom's first cousin married Valdimer's [yes, that was her name]uncle).  They didn't consider themselves relatives, however.

akh, who realizes this explanation may be even MORE confusing...


		
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