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Lois Horowitz

Dozens of Cousins; Blue Genes, Horse Thieves, and Other Relative Surprises in Your Family Tree Paperback – March 1, 2004

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Ten Speed Press
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March 1, 2004
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6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
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1580080383
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978-1580080385
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press (March 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580080383
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580080385
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches

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Drew Whitaker

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JJares

A Wonderful Explanation of Family Relationships for Folks Studying Their Family Tree

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2014

The author has written a small book (a few pages over 100) about a very interesting subject – how we are related. She explains in amazing clarity the difference between fourth cousin and fourth cousin once removed.

This is an extremely valuable book for genealogists, but it is just plain interesting for anyone who ever had a question about relationships. Lois Horowitz explains why most of today’s European royalty are related.

Have you ever wondered about how you are related to Aunt Matilda’s niece? Did you know that FDR’s parents were 13th cousins? FDR and Teddy Roosevelt were 5th cousins; while Eleanor Roosevelt and FDR were 4th cousins.

Horowitz also explains that if your family arrived in America in the 17th century (or earlier), when the US population was less than 3 million, your chance of being related to 1 or more US Presidents is quite high.

Because folks don’t usually investigate distant relationships, we have no idea how many cousins we really have.

I've had this book for several years and I go back and read it again every few months. There is so much to do in working on our genealogy that I notice something new each time I read this small tome. This book is definitely a keeper.

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Michael K. Smith

Very well written and very informative

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2002

The author begins by noting her skepticism when she first read of the claimed kinship between Princess Diana and some twenty or thirty million Americans, via common ancestors. And, since heavy inbreeding usually causes aristocrats to have fewer individual ancestors than we commoners, perhaps the author had even more theoretical kin than that. From this preliminary hook, she leads the reader to consider the nature of family ties, the doubling effect, pedigree collapse, "sibling exchange" marriage, the side effects of inbreding and outbreeding, the nature of race, why so many great artists and musicians died without progeny, the practical limits to pushing your lineage into the past, interpreting the accuracy of family stories, family research in the Electronic Age, and -- squeezed into the final chapter -- a research check-list. And scattered throughout are scores of fascinating quotations and tidbits about the subject at hand, from such experts as Milton Rubincam and Eugene Stratton to Mark Twain and Kirk Douglas. This is not a methodological treatise or a how-to manual but a well-written presentation of the sort of information we probably all know but should periodically think about again.

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Christopher Sundita

Good book for beginning genealogists

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2000

What Lois Horowitz does in this book is explain the kinds of complex relationships with one's ancestors and relatives. She explains what exactly a "3rd cousin, thrice removed" is, how many ancestors one can have, and what inbreeding can do to your family tree. Along with her simple explanations, she uses easy-to-understand charts. She also gives tips on interviewing relatives and what (not) to believe in public records. Lois briefly describes what to expect at genealogical "paradises" such as the National Archives or the Latter-Day Saints' Family History Centers. Although they're very interesting, the trivia on the margins of the pages are rather distracting All in all, I'd say that this book is decent in providing tips and background info to beginners.

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Florence Evans

"You Mean We're at Least 50th Cousins?"

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2005

Lois Horowitz wrote a delightful, little book that had me both chuckling, and duly impressed, with the amazing connections between people. She motivated me to want to try this myself: tracking down my own collection of relatives, and leaving my children with a more developed sense of family - their family, our family.

Her personal trials, errors, and successes, in the quest of family history, helped me believe I also could try my hand at this, and maybe it really is a do-able venture. Lois shows it can be as time-consuming and elaborate as I wish to make it. But, happily, it also can be as simple, direct, and informative as reality allows. It's all up to me.

I look forward to providing my children, and other family members, with the information that gets discovered, and hope that they all will be blessed by the outcome. I'll let you know how it goes, after all, we're family; we're at least 50th cousins - maybe closer!

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Mary M. Andrews

Interesting as well as helpful when doing relationships

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 1999

Ms. Horowitz did a good job explaining how one generation is related to another within a family tree. The information helps the reader understand direct (and not so direct) realtionships within families. You begin to see how we are all related the more we go back in time and history. You can see why we all make up the "family of man".

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