Re: [ranchos] Relationship terminology

[Arturo ROMERO <arturoromero@...>]

      FYI

 

 

           I week to Chihuahua about a year ago to meet my cousins for the first time and their children addressed me as tio.

 

 

Arturo Romero

Deena Ortiz <drortiz@...> wrote:

>         In a recent conversation, an adult relative of my husband (the son 
> of my husband's cousin brother -- his first cousin, once removed in English) 
> informed me that my husband was his tío.  I wasn't about to argue, but I 
> don't think he is correct.  However, I do not know the terminology for 
> Spanish genealogical relationships.
>
>         Is there a publication that has it all laid out?  If it has already 
> been discussed and is in the archives, I apologize for the query, and I'll 
> look it up.
>
>         In English, each succeeding generation is a new level of cousin --  
> as long as both lines are represented, yours and your relative's.  If you 
> reach the end of one line, the level of kinship (cousinship) stays the
>  same, 
> but the generation moves until the end of the other line is reached.  (I 
> know -- that was a horrible explantion.)
>
> Common Ancestor
> Siblings
> 1st cousins
> 2nd cousins
> 3rd cousins
> ________________________
> 3rd cousin once removed (one generation removed)
> 3C 2R
> 3C3R, etc.
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> ~Deena Ortiz~

Arturo Romero