The view from Tom & Jan's lounge roomWritten by Crystal
City: Hobart, Indiana
Weather: warmer, about 2C - 5C
We've arrived at Tom & Jan's (cousins) house in Hobart, Indiana, a lovely town about an hour's drive from Chicago. A light sprinkling of snow greeted us this morning, making for a picturesque view down the street.
I'm not sure if Craig has mentioned this already, but all my relatives here are cousins (it gets complicated whenever we try and work it out, but we're numbered cousins, several times removed). I think it was my grandmother's neice who married an American serviceman around WW2, but irrespective of how tenuous the links may appear on paper, we're all excited to be part of the same family.
So, Jordan (another cousin) arrived at midday after making a 6-hour drive north especially to meet us, and we'll head south with him tomorrow to see/meet all his immediate family in Kentucky.
Bear with us: the next few days will be testing, because they'll involve a lot of travel, not much sleep, an overnight Greyhound bus ride back to Chicago, then a flight to New York. So forgive us if we don't post for a few days :)
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The definitive answer to the relationship puzzle is:
Crystal's father is a FIRST cousin, once removed to Elma. He is a FIRST cousin, once removed, by marriage to Ted. That makes him a SECOND cousin, once removed to George, Margaret, Tom, Barbara, Cathy, Jim, Billy and Georgia.
Crystal is a THIRD cousin, once removed to all the above's children,
According to "The Scottish Book of Common Prayer":
CODE OF CANONS, APPENDIX NO. XXVI
A TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY
WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED ARE FORBIDDEN BY OUR ECCLESIASTICAL LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER
A man may not marry his:
Mother.
Daughter.
Father's mother.
Mother's mother.
Son's daughter.
Daughter's daughter.
Sister or half-sister.
Wife's mother.
Wife's daughter.
Father's wife.
Son's wife.
Father's father's wife.
Mother's father's wife.
Wife's father's mother.
Wife's mother's mother.
Wife's son's daughter.
Wife's daughter's daughter.
Son's son's wife.
Daughter's son's wife.
Father's sister or half-sister.
Mother's sister or half-sister.
Brother's or half-brother's daughter.
Sister's or half-sister's daughter.
A woman may not marry with her:
Father.
Son.
Father's father.
Mother's father.
Son's son.
Daughter's son.
Brother or half-brother.
Husband's father.
Husband's son.
Mother's husband.
Daughter's husband.
Father's mother's husband.
Mother's mother's husband.
Husband's father's father.
Husband's mother's father.
Husband's son's son.
Husband's daughter's son.
Son's daughter's husband.
Daughter's daughter's husband.
Father's brother or half-brother.
Mother's brother or half-brother.
Brother's or half-brother's son.
Sister's or half-sister's son.
It doesn't mention Cousins!
CzC
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