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soldierant

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11. If my math is correct,

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Reply #2)

Thu May 29, 2025, 09:04 PM

May 2025

that would make you a first cousin three times removed. First cousins have a common grandparent, so your great grandmother would have been a first cousin of the grandson who just died, and you would be the third generation down from her.

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