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Everyone's there own cousin somewhere along the lines, it just depends how far back For example, I know I'm my own 9th cousin, because I descend from a pair of 2nd cousins who married one another. On another line I'm my own 6th cousin once removed. And on a more disturbing (related to my being my own 6th cousin 1x removed line), I'm descended from the same couple, my 8th great-grandparents (both born about 1680), at least 3 different ways.
This is just what happened in small towns back in the day (and even today to some extent). 2nd, 3rd, 4th cousins marry one another. Personally, given all the intermarriage in one particular town in Germany where part of my family hails from, I sometimes think if I were to ever visit there I'd probably run smack dab into my doppelganger, lol.
This is just what happened in small towns back in the day (and even today to some extent). 2nd, 3rd, 4th cousins marry one another.
First cousins too. In the US 26 states allow first cousins to marry, and it was quite a common practice in the 1700s and 1800s, both to consolidate family property and to "bring out" desirable characteristics in the descendants.
And that's why that's a sin in the Bible - not that it is immoral but that logistically it's a nightmare for historical information purposes back then.
Not that a joke is illegal, but it can be a nightmare for someone trying to figure what's true and what's not for their family history.
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For example, I know I'm my own 9th cousin, because I descend from a pair of 2nd cousins who married one another. On another line I'm my own 6th cousin once removed. And on a more disturbing (related to my being my own 6th cousin 1x removed line), I'm descended from the same couple, my 8th great-grandparents (both born about 1680), at least 3 different ways.
