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Subject: Re: printing family trees - gloria.599
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 10:23:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 10:23:50 1984
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  Family trees need not (and generally are not - if you go back
far enough) trees.  Loops occur whenever you have a marriage
between related individuals - no matter how distant the
relationship.  There are many second cousin marriages, and
these produce a loop even in a small family tree.
--henry schaffer  ncsu