The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-03-29
A Matrimonial Tanxle.

"A MAIL AA&1OuAA1 l10&lcs
The Sunday Examiner presentes TO-DAY
a genealogical tangle full of the most sur
prising possibilities. 1t can afford more
entertainment and produce nervous pros
tration quicker than any puzzle ever in
vented.
There were two marriages out in Pres
colt, Mich, recently that involve a re-
markable crossing and recrossing of re-
lationships
John A. Cameron, aged eighty mine,
married Miss Anna B. Van Doren. aged
twenty-six
Previous to this marriage Hugh c.
Cameron, aged fifty-eight, son OF John A.
Cameron, married Mrs. George Van Do
ren the widowed mother of Miss Anna
B. Van Doren.
FATHER-John A. Cameron mar
ried Anna B. Van Doren, who was his
sons daughter-in-law.
By this marriage John A. Cameron be-
came:
His sons step-Son-in-law;
His wife's step-grandfather;
law;
SON-Hugh c. Cameron, son OF John
A. Cameron, married to Mrs George
Van Doren, who was his fathers mother
in-law
By this marriage Hugh c. Cameron
became:
His mother in-law's father -in-law;
His daughter-in-law' son-in-law.
His fathers step-father- in-law;
His wife's step-grand-
His step-mother's step-father.
MOTHER-Mrs George Van Doren,
mother of Anna Van Doren, married
Hugh c. Cameron, son of John A. Cam
erOn
By thism arriage Mrs. Van Doren be-
came:
Her daughters step-daughter -in-law;
Her son-in-law's daughter -in-law;
Her husbands grand mother in-law;
DAUGHTER-Anna Van Doren,
daughter OF Mrs George Van Doren,
married John A. Cameron, father of
Hugh c. Cameron
By this marriage Mrs. Van Doren be-
came:
Her father-in-law' step-mother in
Her mothers -mother-in-law
Her husbands step grand daughter;
Her father-in-law's mother-in-law.
Her step-son-in-l laws step-daughter-
irl-law; Z
Simply stated, this curious intermar-
riage of two families shows that the faith
er married the daughter of his sons WIFE,
You could also state it by saying that
the son married his fathers mother-in-
law, or that the mother married her
daughters step-son, or, again, that the
daughter married her mothers father-ir1-
law
Proceeding from this point the compli-
cations thicken. Even the apparent and
simplest relationships become confusing
Some of these The Examiner" has
worked out as starter, showing that Mr.
John A. Cameron is his sons step-son-in-
law. while his wife is her mothers step
mother-in-law.
Mr.. Hugh c. Cameron is not only
Mrs. John AS step-son, but also her
step-father. He is his father s-step-fath
erin law and his wifes ep-grand son-in
law.
Mrs. Hugh c. Cameron is now her
father-in-law' mother -in-law as we'll as
his stepmother
Mr.. John A. Cameron is fortunately his
mother-in-law father-in-law. but evens
matters by becoming his daughterin-
laws son-in-law
There are other direct relationships
which the reader may pick out for him
self, or he may simply get entertainment
from verifying those The Examiner Sc
lects. So far, however, the complica-
tons have been confined to the first gen
Grafton. What then are the possibilities
when second generation comes along to
muddle up things still more?
Suppose boy were to be born to Mrs.
John A. Cameron and one to Mrs. Hugh
C. as we'll; what relation would these two
bows be to each other and to the original
quartette OF oddly connected persons?