Since my family lived many generations in a rural county (Wilkes County, N.C.), there were not a lot of choices for mates, so there are several examples of double first cousins.
For example, Mary Snyder (1885-1984) married Richard Greene Bumgarner (1890-1976), called "Greene". They had two children:
- Agnes Hazel Bumgarner (1919-2003) (called "Hazel")
- Elva Elizabeth Bumgarner (1921-2009).
Mary's brother, Roby Brown Snyder (1887-1980) married Richard's sister, Maggie Octavie Bumgarner (1892-1963). Roby and Maggie had four children:
- Benjamin Franklin Snyder (1913-2003) (called "Ben")
- Sadie Belle Snyder (1916-2008)
- John Wilson Snyder (1923-2005)
- Shade Gordon Snyder (1925-2002) (called "Gordon")
Ny brother married a wonderful woman. Our first cousin married her sister. Not double but close.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! So the children of these 2 couples are first cousins on their mother's side (the 2 sisters) and 2nd cousins on their father's side (the first cousins).
ReplyDeleteWe have a couple of instances of double cousins in our family tree, too. Somewhere along the way, the geneticist for our daughter has determined that my husband and I are cousins, too, but I have yet to find our connecting ancestor (at least not in the last 300 years!)
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