ethnic slur. Perhaps she will.

Sorry for the quibble, but my genealogical genes react to "direct descendant." If you are a descendant you are direct, don't need to say it twice.

It's a point too fine to bicker about, really. However, it appears to mean a continuous line of birth parents without a break. It differs from cousin relationships, apparently, in its definition.

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I was using it to make a point. And maybe educate. Unfortunately, I have a bit of the grammar Nazi in me, could fill a couple of pages with my grammar no-nos. Make a lot of mistakes myself. Such as writing incomplete sentences. Anyway, I didn't mean to offend.