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My father's sister is my aunt. (Fifth indicative feature.) Her 

 son and daughter are my cousin.s, each of them calhng me cousin. 

 With myself a male, the children of this male cousin are my sons and 

 daughters, whilst the children of my female cousins are my nephews 

 and nieces. On the contrary, with myself a female, the children of my 

 male cousins are my nephews and nieces, whilst the children of my 

 female cousins are ray sons and daughters. The children of each of 

 the latter are my grandchildren. 



My mother's brother is my uncle. (Sixth indicative feature.) His 

 son and daughter are my cousins, and their descendants follow in the 

 same relationships respectively as in the last case. 



My mother's sister is my mother. (Seventh indicative feature.) 

 Her son and daughter are my brother and sister, elder or younger. 

 (Eighth indicative feature.) The children and descendants of this col- 

 lateral brother follow in the same relationships respectively as the 

 descendants of my father's brother first above given. 



Third Collateral Line. 



This line is a counterpart in all respects of the first and second, with 

 some additional relationships. My grandfather's brother is my grand- 

 father. (Ninth indicative feature.) His son is my father ; the son 

 and daughter of this father are my brother and sister, elder or younger ; 

 the children of this collateral brother, myself a male, are my sons and 

 daughters ; of this collateral sister are my nephews and nieces, and 

 their children are my grandchildren. With myself a female the same 

 changes must be made as in the former cases. 



My grandfather's sister is my grandmother; her daughter is my 

 aunt; the children of this aunt are ni}'- cousins ; and the children and 

 descendants of the latter follow in the same relationships as before. 



My grandmother's brother is my grandfather ; his son is my uncle ; 

 the children of this uncle are my cousins ; and the children and 

 descendants of these cousins follow in the same relationships as before. 



In like manner my grandmother's sister is my grandmother ; her 

 daughter is my mother ; the children of this mother are my brothers 

 and sisters, elder or younger ; and the children and descendants of this 

 collateral brother and sister follow in the same relationships as in 

 previous cases. 



The fourth and fifth collateral lines are counterparts of the first 

 three, as will be found by consulting the subjoined Table. 



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