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His Royal Highness

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
    wrote on last edited by
    #3

    11th cousin?

    How does that even work?

    My father's brother's uncle's cousin's wife's grandmother's sister?

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • MikM Away
      MikM Away
      Mik
      wrote on last edited by
      #4

      Hush, peasant.

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      • George KG Offline
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        George K
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        #5

        Well, he (Odenkirk) was born in Berwyn, so I guess it works.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • MikM Away
          MikM Away
          Mik
          wrote on last edited by
          #6

          šŸ˜†

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            #7

            It's a "Chicago" kind of joke.

            Berwyn is a suburb in the near west side of Chicago. Has always been the butt of jokes because of its high Bohemian and Polish population.

            There is a "Hobby Day" parade which is populated by the ethnic residents.

            But one ethnic holiday seems to have been forgotten, the Houby Day Festival, partly because the ethnic group it is associated with may have been pushed to the back-of-the-line of ethnic identity and activism.

            Houby is the Czech/Slovak word for mushrooms, and it symbolizes a common experience for many cultures, the Fall Harvest.
            Czechs and Slovaks came to Chicagoland in the middle of the 19th Century, consisting of people from the old Hapsburg Empire in Europe, a Roman Catholic community consisting of Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians and Moravians.

            The old joke is...

            Q: How do you do a census in Berwyn?
            A: Roll a quarter down Cermak Road.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • RenaudaR Offline
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              Renauda
              wrote on last edited by Renauda
              #8

              I thought this thread was going to be about an upcoming movie entitled The King’s TURP.

              Elbows up!

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              • RenaudaR Renauda

                I thought this thread was going to be about an upcoming movie entitled The King’s TURP.

                George KG Offline
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                George K
                wrote on last edited by
                #9

                @Renauda said in His Royal Highness:

                TURP

                One of my least-favorite operations - especially with a urologist who didn't know what TF he was doing.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • George KG George K

                  11th cousin?

                  How does that even work?

                  My father's brother's uncle's cousin's wife's grandmother's sister?

                  CopperC Offline
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                  Copper
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #10

                  @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                  How does that even work?

                  Follow the diagonal

                  a3cd6d02-7bbb-4b5a-93f4-5572ed318ad7-image.png

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                  • CopperC Copper

                    @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                    How does that even work?

                    Follow the diagonal

                    a3cd6d02-7bbb-4b5a-93f4-5572ed318ad7-image.png

                    George KG Offline
                    George KG Offline
                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #11

                    @Copper said in His Royal Highness:

                    @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                    How does that even work?

                    Follow the diagonal

                    a3cd6d02-7bbb-4b5a-93f4-5572ed318ad7-image.png

                    Yeah, I've seen that chart before.

                    It only goes to the 5th cousin.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • George KG George K

                      11th cousin?

                      How does that even work?

                      My father's brother's uncle's cousin's wife's grandmother's sister?

                      jon-nycJ Online
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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #12

                      @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                      11th cousin?

                      How does that even work?

                      It would mean you share the same great^10 grandparents.

                      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                        11th cousin?

                        How does that even work?

                        It would mean you share the same great^10 grandparents.

                        RenaudaR Offline
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                        Renauda
                        wrote on last edited by Renauda
                        #13

                        @jon-nyc said in His Royal Highness:

                        @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                        11th cousin?

                        How does that even work?

                        It would mean you share the same great^10 grandparents.

                        I did read somewhere that virtually everyone of English ancestry can trace back to Edward III through one of his sons. In particular his third son John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (d. 1399) whose son became Henry IV ā€œThe Usurperā€. Let’s just say that Duke John cut a wide swath with women regardless of social station and sowed extremely fertile seed.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • CopperC Copper

                          @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                          How does that even work?

                          Follow the diagonal

                          a3cd6d02-7bbb-4b5a-93f4-5572ed318ad7-image.png

                          KlausK Online
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                          Klaus
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                          #14

                          @Copper said in His Royal Highness:

                          @George-K said in His Royal Highness:

                          How does that even work?

                          Follow the diagonal

                          a3cd6d02-7bbb-4b5a-93f4-5572ed318ad7-image.png

                          What if you are related to the same person in two different ways? For instance, an uncle can also be a dad.

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                          • jon-nycJ Online
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                            jon-nyc
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                            #15

                            Usually you would refer to them as whichever is closest

                            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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