It’s often difficult to determine familial relationships this is especially true at family reunions. Everyone wants to know how they are related within their family and with other families. This is my first attempt at identifying some family ties. I have made multiple blog posts about the Caston, Downs, Gatlin, Brumfield and Andrews families. I will have future blog posts on other branches. An extensive detailed genealogy of the Barnes family has been done by Rosie M. Polk which I will not try to duplicate on my blog. https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/o/l/Rosie-M-Polk/GENE4-0007.html
Every individual has 2
parents and 4 grandparents. An uncle is the brother of a person’s father or
mother OR the husband of your aunt (aka uncle-in-law). An aunt is the sister of
a person’s father or mother OR the wife of your uncle (aka aunt-in-law). First
cousins share the same grandparents.
I would like to dissect a portion of the chart using the
following illustrations:
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Mattie and Charlie Barnes were brother and sister. They had
7 siblings, 25 aunts and uncles the siblings of their parents. If each aunt and
uncle married a possible 25 uncle-in-laws and aunt-in-laws for a total
of 50. The actual number is slightly less because of early deaths and
unmarried individuals. I provided a more detailed genealogy of Charlie Barnes and Bertha Brumfield in the post "Tombstone Tuesday" September 20, 2022.
Edward “Ned” Barnes and Jerry Barnes were brothers. They
each had 14 siblings. Harry Barnes, their father had 4 siblings and their
mother Mahalia Johnson 3 siblings. They had 7 aunts and uncles. If each aunt
and uncle married a possible 7 uncles-in-law and aunts-in-law for a
total of 14. I have made an incomplete review of the names and number of the siblings' children and wives siblings children of Edward "Ned" Barnes and Jerry Barnes. From my review these two men were uncles and uncle in-law to a over 100 nieces and nephews.
