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[windemere]

My mother's great-great-great grandmother married by father's great-great-great grandmother's brother.

This explains so much.

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[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

You're practically a hobbit!

I'd have to draw the picture to be sure, but I think that makes you your own sixth cousin.

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

Oh Christ, I hadn't thought of that.

[dothewu.livejournal.com]

you just broke my brain

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

Me first.

[dothewu.livejournal.com]

how did you find this out?

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

Oh, mom's been doing geneology stuff for years, but she just got a new program that allows you access to more records and she found this.

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that happened a couple of times in the 1800s for both sides of my family. Apparently the pot for prospective husbands and wives was rather small.