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Nomenclature of Kinship; its Extension

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THE method I adopted in your columns, August 11, 1904, of briefly expressing kinship has proved most convenient; it has been used in a forthcoming volume by Mr. E. Schuster and myself on “Noteworthy Families.” I write now to show that it admits of being particularised by the use of foot-figures, as in the following example, which refers to the more highly placed relatives of the newly elected King of Norway.

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GALTON, F. Nomenclature of Kinship; its Extension. Nature 73, 150–151 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073150c0

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