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Yesterday we buried a conundrum

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Sharron

Sharron Report 18 Aug 2016 22:28

No it isn't.

It is Fred's dad's sister's daughter. (One side.) marrying Fred's mum's (Fred's dad's wife's) brother.

So there was no close blood relationship but it does mean we are related more than once.

McAlp

McAlp Report 18 Aug 2016 22:09

Isn't that Freds uncle marrying his niece ?
I'm so confussd Sharron :-S :-S
Ann

Sharron

Sharron Report 17 Aug 2016 17:07

I doubt mine had been three and a half miles!

It is funny, we are still territorial. I am not village, I belong to that part to the south and people from the common are not village which is an entirely seperate entity.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 17 Aug 2016 00:24

Oh. A 'Norfolk' family :-D (said tongue in cheek - I have Norfolk/Suffolk ancestors).
Actually, in the case of my ex - a 'Hampshire' family - moved 3.6 miles up and down the same desolate road between Whitchurch and Overton for at least 6 generations. :-D :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Sharron

Sharron Report 17 Aug 2016 00:14

Wedding? Fred's parents married and Fred's dad took it upon himself to get his wife's brother paired off but he had intended it to be the older sister not the one he did marry.

They had always known each other, they all lived within half a mile.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 16 Aug 2016 23:56

...so Fred's uncle was his father, and Fred's cousin , on the other side, was his mother.

At whose wedding did they meet? :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Elizabeth A

Elizabeth A Report 16 Aug 2016 21:06

Pardon :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 16 Aug 2016 13:40

That funeral I missed yesterday was of the man who has given me the most difficulty on my tree. I am sure I am not the only village dweller with a similar one.

Fred's mother's brother was the father of the deceased.

Fred's father's sister's daughter was his mother.

Tangle or what?