[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Figuring Relationships

[Otto]

Evening,
use the relationship chart I sent you to establish your legal  
designation.

On the mother/father query simply separate kinship into paternal/ 
maternal sides.
You are both.


On Oct 1, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Leo Sonnenberg wrote:

>
> I recently received a list of ancestors on my father's side back to  
> 1790
> from a cousin in Germany. I was surprised to see that my grandfather  
> on
> my mother's side was also on the list.
> My mother is a great granddaughter to the common ancestor and my  
> father
> is a great great grandson to the common ancestor. I am both a great
> great grandson through my mother and a great great  great grandson
> through my father.
>
> My questions are -  A. what cousins are my parents to each other and  
> B.
> what am I to my distant grandfather?  How would I classify myself - a
> two great grandson or a three great grandson? So who am I?
>
> Also, does this situation occur very often?
>
> Any definition of my relationship to my distant grandfather is welcome
> (including any jokes).
>
> Leo Sonnenberg
>


. . .   Otto
          " The Zen moment..." wk. of March 23, 2008-
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