[or-roots] marriages among Kin

[maryeatwell at charter.net]

---- glenkc7mbm at comcast.net wrote: 
> Well I have a cousin that in her research found that she is her own 11th cousin.
> Glen
> In my research of my 10 Oregon Trail Pioneer families, this is not too common, and sometimes was brought on by the death of a spouse, or in one case I read the demands of the parents to marry off a daughter who was 33 years old.
> --
> Glen A. Jones
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net> 
> 
> > I guess I am entitled to chime in here since I married the daughter of a 
> > cousin, for those keeping score that makes my son his own second cousin, 
> > among other things; I just ran a kinship report on him and note that as a 
> > result of some clean up I have been doing he actually isn't related to 
> > himself as many ways as he was; 
> > 
> > 2nd cousin once removed VII 4 
> > 9th cousin once removed XXI 11 
> > 10th cousin XXII 11 
> > 9th cousin twice removed XXII 12 
> > 10th cousin once removed 
> > 
> > now what you see her is half a result of my marriage, but back in the 
> > family tree are all kinds of crosses, as a result of which I do not have a 
> > family tree but a family web. 
> > 
> > The most notorious one I can think of is somewhere in my New England Browns 
> > is a real twister, where distant cousins each raised a family, then there 
> > spouses died and they married. Then he died and she married third, her own 
> > step son, or at least that is what shows up in someone's famly file, I have 
> > never confirmed this however and with an uncommon name like Brown I'm sure 
> > there is no chance of mistakews. 
> > 
> > Les C 
> > 
> > 
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