Most distant cousin?

[VillageDuckpond]

And you call that simple? Not to me, sorry 

[avm228]

To keep it simple it means that one of your ancestors was Henry 8's three times great grandfather twenty generations (16 + 4) back.

David

Wow.  So, trying to get a handle on the time frame we're looking at - my 3x g-grandfathers were born (on average) about 145 years before me.  So if generations are about the same distance apart as they were then (they probably aren't), the common ancestor Wileman121 shares with Henry VIII might have been born about 145 years before Henry who was born in 1491

...so 1346 or thereabouts 

[avm228]

I like to look at it from the perspective of the common ancestors. I recently was in contact with a third cousin once removed, and while I don't plan to start inviting her to family celebrations or anything, I have become quite close to the ancestors I have researched, and from their perspective, she is just as much their GGG Granddaughter as I am their GG Granddaughter. 
I have a lot of fun sharing the fruits of my research labour with anyone who cares enough to listen too   
Erin 

I know exactly what you mean, Erin.  I'm in touch with 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th cousins - you name it - the vast majority of whom I'll probably never meet in person but we're all connected by being descended from the ancestors we feel we know so well.

I do wonder about the people I pass in the street - not so much here in London but in, say, the Huddersfield area where I've never lived but vast numbers of my ancestors were from.  How many of the complete strangers I see there are my 4th, 5th, 6th cousins, I wonder?

Anna

[wileman 121]

avm228 you are brilliant at this ! when you said 1346 or thereabouts do you have any idea how close you were ?

Edmund langley Prince of england is the connection

he was henry 8th 3rd great grandfather and is my 19th great grandfather edmund langley was born

june 5th 1341 so you were VERRY close  i wish i could work it out like that

cheers Wileman 121

[avm228]

edmund langley was born

june 5th 1341 so you were VERRY close 

My goodness - that was quite close, wasn't it!  Perhaps that is evidence to show that the gap between generations hasn't changed much in 700-odd years

Anna

[wheeldon]

My brother pointed out to me that I'm more interested in a dead third cousin twice removed (or whatever???) than the living ones that I haven't seen in a few years who live a few miles away

[SCH]

Well at the WDYTYA show tomorrow, I'm meeting up with a 4th cousin.

So, can anyone beat that ? (Not too tricky I would guess).  Have you met a 5th, 6th or 7th cousin ?!?

[mahees]

I think you should start a new  thread and ask that, SCH. It's a really interesting question and I'd like to know what people have to say on it 
Erin 

Added-Looking at the original post, that's actually what this thread is about, isn't it. It's just gone off on a tangent a bit. 

[avm228]

Well at the WDYTYA show tomorrow, I'm meeting up with a 4th cousin.

So, can anyone beat that ? (Not too tricky I would guess).  Have you met a 5th, 6th or 7th cousin ?!?

Wow-you're way ahead of me.  The most distant cousin I've (knowingly) met was a second cousin twice removed.

Hope you have a great time at the show

Anna