Family Ties
Amanda B: the british are really confusing
Amanda B: my mom's explaining my family tree
George: lol
Amanda B: turns out that this guy zachary, who i always thought was my uncle, is really just my illegitimate step-cousin twice removed by marriage.
George: rotflmao
George: that's always fun to find out
Amanda B: yep
Amanda B: it's like uncle is just a pet name because i'm almost never related to them
George: hahahaha
George: so why is she telling you this?
Amanda B: like my "uncle pete", is actually the father of the guy that was born from my grandpa's cousin twice removed and some random person's illegitimate child
Amanda B: i'm not sure
Amanda B: i made the mistake of asking if i was related to some guy named "boot"
George: .....
George: what????
Amanda B: who is my grandfather's old roommates cousin
Amanda B: *slaps forehead*
George: hahahahahahahaha
George: how the HELL do you ppl keep track?
Amanda B: i don't know quite honestly
Amanda B: and then my dad's side of the family is all hillbillies
George: w00t
Amanda B: they're too inbred to figure otu
George: hahahahaha o god
Amanda B: i sat down with my mom and figured it out one day how many cousins i have
Amanda B: 46 first cousins, i think it was 20 something second cousins, a few 3rd cousins, and about 12 illegitamate twice-removed used-to-live-with-someones-roomates-mom-friends or something people that i just call my cousins for kicks.
George: rotflmao
George: that is bloody brilliant
Amanda B: my head hurts
Amanda B: i left when she started saying "now, your great-uncle stanley..."
George: and this took how long?
Amanda B: 45 minutes or so
Amanda B: and i only figured out 3 "uncles"
Amanda B: out of probably 40
Amanda B: i believe i have 10 real uncles
Amanda B: i don't want to ask
Amanda B: why can't we be from somewhere easy to figure out
Amanda B: like
Amanda B: bangladesh
Amanda B: actually i have no idea if that would be easy but it's a cool name
George: lol no i think it would be much harder actually