Saturday, March 10, 2007

Guiliani: Second Cousin, Once Removed, or Third Cousin


Ever wonder about the difference between a second cousin, and a first cousin twice removed? Wonder no more. Behold, the Table of Consanguinity. If you click on the image it will enlarge.

It is from a probate statute, so substitute yourself at the start point instead of "Person Deceased".

Update: Stumbled across this in the NYT and added it. Changed title of post.
Today’s voters will be sure to learn, too, that Mr. Giuliani’s 14-year marriage to his first wife, Regina Peruggi, was annulled on the grounds that they failed to seek a church dispensation as second cousins once removed; Mr. Giuliani said he had thought they were third cousins.

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