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dalmation777
May 31, 2009, 12:52 PM
Hi, I just found out that a girl I like has a granny (her mums mum) who is cousins with my granny (my dads mum). Basically would just like to know are we related?
Thanks
chuff
May 31, 2009, 01:00 PM
I think your children will turn out fine.
Wondergirl
May 31, 2009, 01:03 PM
You are shirt-tail (distant) cousins.
dalmation777
May 31, 2009, 01:07 PM
Thanks for replying, but what do you mean a shirts tail? How far distant cousins? Should I be worried, is it OK to still see her as I really like her.
SailorMark
May 31, 2009, 01:09 PM
The relation is distant. You share 1 out of 32 great-great grandparents. That is really negligible and nothing to be concerned about.
Wondergirl
May 31, 2009, 01:20 PM
thanks for replying, but what do u mean a shirts tail? how far distant cousins? should i be worried, is it ok to still see her as i really like her.
I said in parentheses "distant." Very distant. No worries.
chuff
May 31, 2009, 01:28 PM
Worry free boinking.
dalmation7777
May 31, 2009, 01:36 PM
Phew, so we are not third cousins? (sorry guys, still same guy despite extra 7 on my username)
Thanks for taking time to reply.
Wondergirl
May 31, 2009, 01:42 PM
Are the two grannies first cousins? You didn't say.
dalmation7777
May 31, 2009, 01:45 PM
Yeah, my dads mum and her mums mum are 1st cousins... does that change things?
Wondergirl
May 31, 2009, 01:46 PM
Then you and the girl are 3rd cousins, but so what?
SailorMark
May 31, 2009, 01:51 PM
Not at all. Boink away.
dalmation7777
May 31, 2009, 01:52 PM
Aww I really didn't want this to be true, isn't this wrong? People will frown upon it. I thought that we were third cousins to each others grannies but not related in anyway ourself
Wondergirl
May 31, 2009, 02:04 PM
aww i really didnt want this to be true, isnt this wrong? people will frown upon it. i thought that we were third cousins to each others grannies but not related in anyway ourself
If your grannies were first cousins, their children are second cousins to each other, and the children's children are third cousins to each other.
Yes, you two are related, distantly. No, there is nothing wrong with 3rd cousins dating. In the event you marry and have children, the gene pool has been greatly stirred up by additional people along the way. No one will frown on it.
Ren6
May 31, 2009, 04:41 PM
It's fine. Don't worry.