User talk:Jmd57

Cousin: Observation regarding the Cousin Chart
I have been looking at the page "Cousin" and found it to be very informative, but I think I have found an error, of sorts, in the Cousin Chart that is part of the article.

Actually, it is the mathematician in me that noticed an anomaly in the pattern of the table. I hope I can articulate what I am seeing. In this chart, the contents of the "Parent" row in the "Grandparent" through "Great Great Great Great Grandparent" columns could be true, but it would violate the premise of the table that states that it is based on the most recent common ancestor. In the case of a direct descendant, Child-Parent-Grandparent-etc, the most recent common ancestor would always be one of the person's, themselves (the older one).

One solution to this problem would be to change the contents of the cells in the "Parent" row (from left to right) to the same values in the "Parent" column (from top to bottom). This, I believe would make the entire table consistent with the most recent ancestor requirement, within the existing table structure.

Another solution would be to add a row called "Self" (probably just above "Parent" row) and a column called "Self" (probably just to the left of the "Parent" column) and fill those in with the appropriate relationships. This would allow the relationships in the current "Parent" row to be expressed in the table more accurately.

This is my first attempt at "talking" on Wikipedia. I hope I have been helpful. Jmd57 (talk) 21:38, 22 April 2016 (UTC)