Your Family Tree Explained
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This is you, this is your family tree and this is Your Family Tree Explained. You have parents, and your parents have parents. These are your grandparents, who also have parents - your great grandparents. Keep adding parents, keep adding "greats". For every "G" in the name there is one generation in between you and that person. Grandparents? One "G", one generational in-betweener. Great, great, great grandparents? Four G's, four in-betweeners. Continuing with the basics, you have siblings, and so do your parents. These are your aunts and uncles. Up the tree, you may call these people your great aunts and uncles, but your grandparent's siblings are also your grand aunts and uncles. Greats are reserved for...
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This is you, this is your family tree and this is Your Family Tree Explained. You have parents, and your parents have parents. These are your grandparents, who also have parents - your great grandparents. Keep adding parents, keep adding "greats". For every "G" in the name there is one generation in between you and that person. Grandparents? One "G", one generational in-betweener. Great, great, great grandparents? Four G's, four in-betweeners. Continuing with the basics, you have siblings, and so do your parents. These are your aunts and uncles. Up the tree, you may call these people your great aunts and uncles, but your grandparent's siblings are also your grand aunts and uncles. Greats are reserved for...
