Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-10-19

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may be defined IS that of ..the child OF
first cousin"
This relationship. existing As il does
between two persons in different gen
erations-i. c. not descended BY an
equal number of steps from the COM
mon ancestors not mutual relation
ship, like brother" or "first cousin"
in other words. il Alfred is brother to
John. John is brother to Alfred: II AL
fred is first cousin to Charles, Charles
is first cousin to Alfred: because these
are in the same generation therefore
these relationships brother and
"first cousin are "mutual." But
"uncle'' and "nephew' are not mutual
relationships; for. if Alfred is uncle 10
Henry. Henry is not uncle to Alfred:
and if Richard is nephew to Tom, Tom
is not nephew" 20 Richard. And
"first cousin once removed" is rela-
tionship like nephew" If Mary and
Henry are ''first cousins once removed
TO Charles. it does not follow that
Charles is - first cousin once removed
TO them. He is often called so, but
quite as enormously as an uncle would
bt Cuiicu HIS HcpucW HcpiCW
The curious fact remains that. for the
converse of the relationship "first cous-
in once removed i. .. for '.parent's
first COUSIN" there is no name of uni
yersal acceptance.
1t has been shown that first cousins
child is called a First COUSIN once re-
moved" On the same principle first
Cousins grandchild is called " first
cousin twice removed" and his Tor
herr child would be q first cousin
three times removed" and SO on.
the number of "remOves' showing
by how many generations the
two persons who are so related differ.
On the same principle that great
grandchild is rare. e.. person lin
eally removed by three generations
first cousin three times removed is,
speaking generally, somewhat rare. but
far more common, doubtless, than a
great-grandchild. because the former
means the great-grandchild of aper-
sons first cousin, who may be much
older than the person himself. Indeed,
it is quite conceivable that man should
live TO see bis first cousin live times re-
moved for he might easily have a first
cousin fifty or sixty years cider than
himself. and live to see that cousins de-
scendants of the fifth generation.
And now we may pass on to second
cousins. ''Second cousins" are persons
whose nearest common ancestor is
great-grandparent to each-in other
words, if two persons are first-cousins,
the children of the one are second cous-
ms to the children of the other
The children of second cousins" are.
of course, third cousins" Likewise,
the children OF two third cousins" are
'fourth COUSINS and so on.
In fact, using algebraical symbols, we
may say that y persons NTH cousin ~
times removed is one who is lineally de-
scended from the nearest common an
cestor by n more generations than the
former. the former himself being MI
generations below that ancestor.
Thus. for example. your fifth cousin
twice removed is eighth in descent from
your sixth ancestor Counting your pa
rent as first ancestor. your grandparcnt
as second, and so on).
Tremendous consequences have re-
suited from even distant relationship,
and it has been in countless instances
all-important to preserve family records.
By means of which claims to great
wealth and high rank have been estab-
lished. 1t is all very well to smile at
the claim to a fifth consinship several
times removed; but If the heir presump-
tive knows that no nearer cousins-no
relatives of any kind. removed or not
removed-stand between him and the
craftsmanship OF his family. who shall
blame him for having studied the intri-
cacies Of relationship? 1t has not sell
dom happened that very distant cousin
has thus succeeded TO 1.-THE title and es-
tates." There was an instance OF this
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