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[pennywhistle]

Forward's List of 50 most influential Jews

Jill Jacobs, about 1/4 of the way down, under Ideas and Activism, is my dad's cousin's daughter. What does that make her to me? No idea.

It's a small Jewworld.

Comments

[afellowwaitress]

Third cousin :)

[pennywhistle]

Thank you ^_~

[marcelle42]

No, second cousin, I think. If Penny's dad and her dad are first cousins, their children are second cousins, and Jill and Penny's children are third cousins to each other. No? Do I have this all mixed up?

[puckish]

If Penny's dad and Famous Person's dad are cousins, then Famous Person's dad is Penny's second cousin. Any of his children would then be Penny's third cousins.

[puckish]

Of course, I had to look this up to see if I was right, and now I have absolutely no idea what's going on.

[afellowwaitress]

LOL, see, this is why I just didn't even bother ^_~

Holy crap that chart makes my head hurt.

[afellowwaitress]

Agh! Well, I'm not an authority, other than hearing my Southern family tell me who's related to whom and how. From what I understand, your parent's cousin is YOUR second cousin. And their children are your third. (But it's possible their children are a "once-removed" thing.)

Frankly, I think nobody knows for sure. haha. I'm finding conflicting stories via google. Here's one, though, if we want to settle on an agreed authority :P

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/ContentCenters/contentCenter.aspx?page=trees&sp=terms

[marcelle42]

I always thought my parents' cousins were my first cousins, once removed. Whatever... it's all much too complicated after first cousins. I once asked my grandfather how so-and-so was related to us, and he answed, "Well..... he's a kind of cousin." That's probably the best answer to all of this.

Anyway, I'm willing to concede to whatever ancestry.com thinks is correct.