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| The Simpsons Image from Google Blogger |
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| Featured on:The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album Image from Simpsons Wiki |
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| CousinTree kinship Image from Wikipedia |
And so, it is officially called great-uncle or great-aunt to answer Carol's question, but there is more to that, looking at the green boxes and you will find some funny terms like "once removed" and "twice removed", and what are they?
Reading further and quoting from Cousin in Wikipedia,
"When the cousins are not the same generation, they are described as "removed". In this case, the smaller number of generations to the common ancestor is used to determine the degree, and the difference in generations determines the number of times removed. "
In your opinion, does that make things easier? I think not.
A Little Fact
Quoting from Wikipedia,
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| Confucius Image from Xinhuanet |
"The longest family tree in the world today is that of the Chinese philosopher and educator Confucius (551–479 BC), and he is the descendant of King Tang (1675–1646 BC). The tree spans more than 80 generations, and includes more than 2 million members. An international effort involving more than 450 branches around the world was started in 1998 to retrace and revise this family tree. A new edition of the Confucius genealogy was printed in September 2009 by the Confucius Genealogy Compilation Committee, to coincide with the 2560th anniversary of the birth of the Chinese thinker. This latest edition is expected to include some 1.3 million living members who are scattered around the world today."
Vocabulary:
great-uncle/aunt
once /twice removed
Resources:
Simpsons Wiki
Family Tree @ Wikipedia
Cousin @ Wikipedia
Confucius @ Wikipedia
