Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-14909251-20140907222410

Shadow at Morning wrote: Advocate: So Roman's Ruby's roommate? That is one way to interpret it, if you assume the nephew is on Ruby's father's brother's side of the family. However, if the nephew is through Ruby's father's brother's wife then there is no familial connection and thus would not be Ruby's cousin. You could call them "counsin-in-laws", but that is stretching it. Should you then assume Ruby's father's brother's nephew's cousin is not a cousin through Ruby's father's brother's wife's side of the family it would mean Ruby's father's brother's nephew's cousin is not also Ruby's father's brother's nephew or niece. So you would be talking two familial connections that are not by blood. At that point you then get to "former roommate", which involves no familial connection whatsoever. Hence that would make Roman and Ruby "absolutely nothing" in relation to each other.