Unexpected cousinship

[Suekilp]

I am the 7th great grandchild of William THROUP and Mary WATKINSON through their daughter Mary. My granddaughter, through her Mum, is the 7th great grandchild of the same couple through their son William. Am I right in thinking that makes her my eighth cousin and her dad, my son, her eighth cousin once removed?

Anyone else got unexpected connections to their nearest and dearest?

[coombs]

My great uncle and his wife Ivy were actually distant cousins. Her maiden name was Barker and her mums maiden name was a name I recognised from my tree, Stones. I found we share a Mason line as one of her male Stones ancestors wed one of the sisters of my Mason direct ancestors. Ivy was always known as "Aunty Ivy" and she is a distant aunty after all.

[Jeuel]

Marriage between cousins occurred quite a lot.  It does get confusing.  My ex had some sisters in his tree.  Sister A and Sister B married brothers A & B.  Then Sister A and Brother B were widowed and so Sister B and Brother A got married!  Talk about keeping it in the family!

I also found a marriage on my mother's side between cousins several times removed.  I only spotted it because one of the surnames is very rare.  I had to draw a diagram to work it out!

[coombs]

Marriage between cousins occurred quite a lot.  It does get confusing.  My ex had some sisters in his tree.  Sister A and Sister B married brothers A & B.  Then Sister A and Brother B were widowed and so Sister B and Brother A got married!  Talk about keeping it in the family!

I also found a marriage on my mother's side between cousins several times removed.  I only spotted it because one of the surnames is very rare.  I had to draw a diagram to work it out!

Oh yes I have had 3 brothers marrying 3 sisters. Caused lots of confusion as some of the later births were after 1837 and (since the new GRO index has mmn before 1911) for a second I thought it was a missing child of the couple who were my direct rellies but then the penny dropped. One of them wed in 1812, one in 1822 and the other in 1824.

Oh I helped a lifelong family friend (whose children I went to school with and was friends with) research her family tree and her great gran came from the same fishing village in Essex as my great grandad. I then found that they shared ancestors a few generations back. Small world as this friend lives in Norfolk but she is originally from Berkshire and her parents from London.