---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:38:14 -0700 (PDT) >(Aside - Rollondar is Adron's cousin - Molric is Morrolan's brother - >Morrolan is Adron's cousin. I wonder how lineage works.) Well, my mother uses "cousin" to refer to any relative who isn't a sibling, parent (plain, step-, great-, whatnot), aunt, or uncle, so Paarfi _might_ be using that definition. On the other hand, I seem to recall that someone said that Morrolan was the kid of Adron's youngest sister, so in this case, "cousin" might mean "brother-in-law," or it might mean "first cousin three times removed," or it might be "third cousin." Dragons, like hobbits, seem the sort to be fascinated by the meanderings of family trees. We'd have to consult the genealogies at the end of the Red Book of Castle Black to be certain. ¬ MJ