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To: power2
isn’t first cousin one removed mean second cousin?

No, but genetically just as close. Second cousins at no remove, share the same great-grandparents. First cousins once removed mean that the parents of one was the cousin of the other. Franklin and Teddy were fifth cousins. Eleanor was Teddy's neice, meaning she was Franklin's fifth cousin once removed. We used to play bridge with a guy named John Alden, and he was a direct descendent of Longfellow's John Alden. His was wife was also an Alden, but a very distant cousin, whom he met at an Alden family affair. Naturally, one could not resist telling him to "speak for yourself, John."

87 posted on 02/19/2026 1:04:31 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Thorough planning and careful preparation is no substitute for wishful thinking. )
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

LOL!


88 posted on 02/19/2026 1:15:27 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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