One of my older cousins who I
liked and respected for her historical writing was Margaret
(Standish) Carey, who lived in the Halsey, Oregon area. She shared
with me a manuscript of Hayes family history, which included me.
Margaret's 2nd great-grandparents were Seth Hayes and Lydia Jewett,
who were my 3rd great-grandparents. Her great-grandfather was their
son Seth Whipple Hayes, the brother to my 2nd great-grandmother
Huldah (Hayes) Bond, so Margaret and I were 3rd cousins once removed
and her children would be my 4th cousins.
Now Margaret was married to
Robert Carey, whose 2nd great-grandparents were Ludwig Falk and Anna
Louisa Boehm, who were my great-grandparents. His great-grandfather,
Charles L. Falk, was an older brother of my grandfather, Julius A.
Falk. So Bob was my 2nd cousin once removed and that would make his
children my 2nd cousins twice removed. Since her children and his
children are the same people they are my double cousins.
But recently I was reviewing my
Hayes information and was reminded that Margaret's great-grandfather,
Seth Whipple Hayes, was married to Polly Bond Stillwell. Polly was a
1st cousin to Solomon Bond, the husband of Huldah Hayes. Margaret's
3rd great-grandparents were an earlier Solomon Bond and his wife Anna
Allen, and they were my 4th great-grandparents, so from this family
Margaret is my 4th cousin once removed. This makes her children my
5th cousins.
Bob and Margaret's children are
at the same time:
my 2nd cousins twice removed
from the Falk line;
my 4th cousins from the Hayes
line; and
my 5th cousins from the Bond
line.
Does this make them triple
cousins?
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