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Genealogy tip for today: Relationship Chart
When my mom was a girl, she
and her brothers had a cousin named Glen. Their mothers were sisters and were
very close, thus so were the cousins. Time moved on, the kids grew up and married. Their children came on the scene.
Glen was an only child, and I knew he was Mom’s cousin, but being so much like a brother to Mom, I used to call him Uncle Glen. He didn’t mind either as he was an only child and had no one else to call him Uncle. But because I called him uncle and he was not, yet he was mom’s cousin, it got a bit confusing. Was he my second cousin, or was his kids my second cousins? He was Mom’s cousin (I rationalized), and I’m second in line, that should make him second cousin. But his kids and he couldn’t both be second cousins.
Glen was an only child, and I knew he was Mom’s cousin, but being so much like a brother to Mom, I used to call him Uncle Glen. He didn’t mind either as he was an only child and had no one else to call him Uncle. But because I called him uncle and he was not, yet he was mom’s cousin, it got a bit confusing. Was he my second cousin, or was his kids my second cousins? He was Mom’s cousin (I rationalized), and I’m second in line, that should make him second cousin. But his kids and he couldn’t both be second cousins.
For years I insisted that he must
be a second cousin, and his kids, therefore must be third cousins. Then I
started into genealogy and discovered this “remove” thing. It didn’t make sense
to me as a kid, but grown I finally got a handle on it. Glen was my first cousin, but once removed, i.e. one generation
removed from my mother. His kids really were my second cousins. (Aaaaahhhh! That
was great, ‘cause I had a crush on Glen, Jr. and second cousins could marry,
right? Well that never happened. But he did marry someone that had the same
first name!)
I found this chart that I
thought I would include here. If you have trouble figuring out how one person
is related to another, this chart will help you.
Genealogy
Relationship Chart
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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1
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Common
Ancestor
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Son
or Daughter
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Grandson
or Daughter
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Great
Grandson or Daughter
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2nd
Great Grandson or Daughter
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3rd
Great Grandson or Daughter
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4th
Great Grandson or Daughter
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5th Great
Grandson or Daughter
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6th
Great Grandson or Daughter
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7th
Great Grandson or Daughter
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2
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Son
or Daughter
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Brother
or Sister
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Niece
or
Nephew |
Grand
Niece
or Nephew |
Great
Grand Niece or Nephew
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2nd
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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3rd Great
Grand Niece or Nephew
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4th
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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5th
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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6th
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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3
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Grandson
or Daughter
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Niece
or Nephew
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First
Cousin
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First
Cousin Once Removed
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First
Cousin Twice Removed
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First
Cousin Three Times Removed
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First
Cousin Four Times Removed
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First
Cousin Five Times Removed
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First
Cousin Six Times Removed
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First
Cousin Seven Times Removed
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4
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Great
Grandson or Daughter
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Grand
Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Once Removed
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Second
Cousin
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Second
Cousin Once Removed
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Second
Cousin Twice Removed
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Second
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Four Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Five Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Six Times Removed
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5
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2nd Great
Grandson or Daughter
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Great
Grand Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Twice Removed
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Second
Cousin Once Removed
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Third
Cousin
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Third
Cousin Once Removed
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Third
Cousin Twice Removed
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Third
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Third
Cousin Four Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Five Times Removed
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6
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3rd
Great Grandson or Daughter
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2nd
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Twice Removed
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Third
Cousin Once Removed
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Fourth
Cousin
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Fourth
Cousin Once Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Twice Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Four Times Removed
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7
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4th
Great Grandson or Daughter
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3rd
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Four Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Third
Cousin Twice Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Once Removed
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Fifth
Cousin
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Fifth
Cousin Once Removed
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Fifth
Cousin Twice Removed
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Fifth
Cousin Three Times Removed
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8
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5th
Great Grandson or Daughter
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4th
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Five Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Four Times Removed
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Third
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Twice Removed
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Fifth
Cousin Once Removed
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Sixth
Cousin
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Sixth
Cousin Once Removed
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Sixth
Cousin Twice Removed
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9
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6th Great
Grandson or Daughter
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5th
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Six Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Five Times Removed
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Third
Cousin Four Times Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Fifth
Cousin Twice Removed
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Sixth
Cousin Once Removed
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Seventh
Cousin
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Seventh
Cousin Once Removed
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10
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7th
Great Grandson or Daughter
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6th
Great Grand Niece or Nephew
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First
Cousin Seven Times Removed
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Second
Cousin Six Times Removed
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Third
Cousin Five Times Removed
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Fourth
Cousin Four Times Removed
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Fifth
Cousin Three Times Removed
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Sixth
Cousin Twice Removed
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Seventh
Cousin Once Removed
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Eighth
Cousin
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Instructions:
1. Select
two people in your family and figure out which ancestor they have in common.
For example, if you chose yourself and a first cousin, you would have a
grandparent in common.
2. Look at the top row of the chart (in blue) and find the first person's relationship to the common ancestor.
3. Look at the far left column of the chart (in blue) and find the second person's relationship to the common ancestor.
4. Move across the columns and down the rows to determine where the row and column containing these two relationships (from #2 & #3) meet. This box is the relationship between the two individuals.
Our Thanks go
here.
(Mom's aunt and uncle and Glen lived in Hector, NY. For lack of a picture for this article, the above panorama of
Hector, NY was included at the top. Hector was a neat little hamlet, tucked away in the finger lakes region of upstate New York.)
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The property of the church in France is taken away by the
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The second Afghan War begins.
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Sheriff Wild
Bill Hickok loses his re-election bid in Ellis County, Kan.
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James A. Garfield is elected the 20th president of the
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Newly elected John Poe replaces Pat Garrett as sheriff of
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North Dakota is made the 39th state.
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South Dakota is made the 40th state.
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London's Daily Mirror newspaper is first published.
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Russia declares war with Turkey.
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1920
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The first radio broadcast in the United States is made
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1920
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Charlotte Woodward, who signed the 1848 Seneca Falls
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1936
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The first high-definition public television transmissions
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1942
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The Battle
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Japan.
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1947
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Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for the first and
last time.
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Harry S Truman is elected the 33rd president of the United
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Charles Van Doren confesses that the TV quiz show 21
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1960
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A British jury determines that Lady Chatterly's Lover
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South Vietnamese President Ngo
Dinh Diem is assassinated.
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Jimmy (James Earl) Carter elected the 39th president of
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President Ronald Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin
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James Polk, 11th president of the United States (1845-49).
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Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United States
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Harlow Shapley, astronomer who discovered the Sun is not
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Luchino Visconti, film director (Obsession, Death
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Burt Lancaster, American film actor.
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Richard Taylor, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who proved
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Melvin Schwartz, physicist who won the Nobel Prize for
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1936
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Rose Bird, first female Chief Justice of California (1977-87);
also the first Chief Justice in California history to be removed from office
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1938
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Jay Black, lead singer of the group Jay and the Americans
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1938
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Pat Buchanan, American conservative political commentator,
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Queen Sofia of Spain (1975– ).
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Lois McMaster Bujold, science fiction and fantasy author (The
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Maxine Nightingale, British R&B and soul singer ("Right
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k.d. lang, Grammy-winning Canadian pop and country
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Samantha Womack, English actress, singer, director (TV and
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bumbledom
PRONUNCIATION:
(BUHM-buhl-duhm)
MEANING:
noun: Behavior
characteristic of a pompous and self-important petty official.
ETYMOLOGY:
After
Mr. Bumble in Charles Dickens's novel Oliver Twist. Bumble was a fussy,
self-important beadle (a minor parish officer) of the workhouse where Oliver Twist
was born. Earliest documented use: 1856.
USAGE:
"We
regret to record the death of Albury-Wodonga with a hyphen. ... Bumbledom in
the two councils has decreed the hyphen must go from stationery and
signs."
Howard Jones; Political Doublespeak is Sad Legacy for Border Folk; The Border Mail (Wodonga, Australia); Aug 23, 2007.
Howard Jones; Political Doublespeak is Sad Legacy for Border Folk; The Border Mail (Wodonga, Australia); Aug 23, 2007.
If
people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful
after all. -Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet
(1475-1564)
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