Ancestors

Ancestors

We can honor the soul by nurturing our relationships with the dead, whether by visiting  and decorating their graves, by praying for them when their memories drift into mind, by naming our children after them, by preserving and using objects they left behind, or by telling their stories and keeping photographs and paintings of them within sight.

Our ancestors give us something irreplaceable and precious in their relationship to us. They are truly our links with the eternal, and it is no wonder that many religions place emphasis on honoring them. We can learn from these rituals and practices to honor our own ancestors and our departed relatives and friends.

(Thomas Moore, Soul Mates, p. 202-3)

10 January 2016

Relationships

Relationships
by
Richard E. Henthorn

I have seen a number of tables which outline family relationships. This is an attempt to convey the same information for six generations in a textual manner, rather than in a table.

The information is from the male point of view.

Your Father is the:

• Brother of your uncle
• Uncle of your first cousin
• Great Uncle of your first cousin's child
• GG Uncle of your first cousin's grandchild
• GGG Uncle of your first cousin's great grandchild
• GGGG Uncle of your first cousin's GG grandchild

You are the:

• Child of your parents
• Sibling of your siblings
• Nephew of your uncle
• Uncle of your sibling's children
• First cousin of your first cousin
• First cousin once removed of your first cousin's child
• First cousin twice removed of your first cousin's grandchild
• First cousin three times removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
• First cousin four times removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your son is the:

• Nephew of your siblings
• Great nephew of your uncle
• First cousin once removed of your first cousin
• Second cousin of your first cousin's child
• Second cousin once removed of your first cousin's grandchild
• Second cousin twice removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
• Second cousin three times removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your grandson is the:

• GG nephew of your uncle
• First cousin twice removed of your first cousin
• Second cousin once removed of your first cousin's child
• Third cousin of your first cousin's grandchild
• Third cousin once removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
• Third cousin twice removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your great grandson is the:

• GGG nephew of your uncle
• First cousin three times removed of your first cousin
• Second cousin twice removed of your first cousin's child
• Third cousin once removed of your first cousin's grandchild
• Fourth cousin of your first cousin's great grandchild
• Fourth cousin once removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your GG grandson is the:

• GGGG nephew of your uncle
• First cousin four times removed of your first cousin
• Second cousin three times removed of your first cousin's child
• Third cousin twice removed of your first cousin's grandchild
• Fourth cousin once removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
• Fifth cousin of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Copyright 2011 - Richard E. Henthorn