On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 04:42 AM, Jot Powers wrote: >>> ISTR that somewhere we hear that lineage goes through the same-sex >>> parent: mother to daughter, father to son. >> >> But Aliera and Adron are of the same lineage, aren't they? Although >> Aliera >> E'Verra doesn't sound bad. > > Ok, here is what I wrote about Devera: > >> Devera's father is Kieron. This makes for an interesting family tree. >> If you look at it from a physical perspective, Adron's ancestor is >> Kieron. Adron is Aliera's father and Devera is Aliera's daughter. >> So, since Devera is the daughter to her grandfather's ancestor, she's >> probably her own cousin. It gets even more confusing if you look at it >> from a soul perspective, as Aliera is Kieron's brother, which would >> make Aliera her mother and aunt, and Kieron her father and uncle. > > Aliera's soul is Adron's NgreatAunt (which is really a cousin) > although Aliera is Adron's daughter. > > I'm convinced that Steven does this just so that anyone trying > to make a family tree will be immediately recognizable at some > Con as the the "Crazy Haired Cross-eyed Guy". > > Personally, I chalk this up to things like "Time in the Paths" > and other things that are ambiguous, and are not meant to be > understood rationally, by either the reader or the author. > > -Jot > -- > Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ > "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" > -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan Why does this remind me of the Kentucky Star Wars joke--"Luke, I am your father...and your uncle! >