On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Karen A Mayfield wrote:
> This message is being cross-posted, so please forgive the duplication.
>
> I have been asked to find the definition of "fourth degree" as in the
> context of a person being related to another person by consanguinity,
> or affinity, within the fourth degree. I need to know exactly how
> persons of the fourth degree are related to each other.
>
> I have searched all over the internet, various libraries and multiple
> publications to no avail. You guys are my last resort.
>
> Thanks very much!!!
> Karen
Karen,
When this question was posed on law-lib a while back, people
suggested the following:
Try:
[1] http://www.heirsearch.com/cons.html
or
[2] http://www.cyndislist.com/terms.htm#Cousins
Try [3] http://www.ancestry.com for blood relationships.
[1] has changed its site to a frames feature, so you need to go to
http://www.heirsearch.com/frame.htm instead of the URL listed above. It
has a pretty slick consanguinity chart. The company (International
Genealogical Search, Inc.) says it will send a laminated copy of the chart
to attorneys free.
[2] has links to many charts and explanations of different types of
cousins and so on.
[3] is a large site for genealogy research. I didn't see anything
directly that explains degrees of relationship, but I didn't explore the
site fully. (The site includes the Social Security Death Index, by the
way, which is a neat service.)
_Black's_ has a definition of "degree" that includes the example of a
brother being in the second degree of kindred. That might help you
interpret the tables.
-- Mary
Mary Whisner, Head of Reference
Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington
whisner@u.washington.edu
Library's website: http://lib.law.washington.edu
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