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inbetweenies On my mom's side, I'm a direct descendant of Pocahontas and of a black slave... thus making this officially the stupidest "I'm not racist but..." argument I've ever seen in my life. Mind you, the whole post is made of crazy, so there's more than just race wank, there's size wank too. Enjoy!

	khym_chanur 2007-04-27 06:21 am UTC (link)
	I guess what I mean is: doesn't an unadorned "descendant" imply "direct"? If King So And So isn't your great-great-great-etc-grandfather, you'd just say you were related to King So And So, rather than saying you were his descendant. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eilisliana 2007-04-27 07:33 am UTC (link)
	Sounds about correct to me. Descendant implies direct relation and cousin implies indirect relation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sheep 2007-04-27 11:05 am UTC (link)
	I think, in the past at least, it meant following down the family tree through sons, rather than daughters. Sometimes, it seemed to mean the eldest sons, or the heir. Atleast that was the impression I got from a couple of programs, but I'm not an expert by a longshot. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eilisliana 2007-04-27 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	I'm no expert either... I've just been being amateur family genealogist. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	amymccabe 2007-04-27 11:55 am UTC (link)
	I don't know. Maybe it's like I'm related to someone whose sister married King So And So. Sorta silly though. To me that's like saying, "My Dad once saw the Pope/King/Elvis/whatever." (Reply to this)(Parent)