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The claimant was three generations removed from the last duke, which is why the estate went to a distant nephew instead.
History
A cousin twice removed arrives in chapter nine with a letter that upends everything the family believed about the inheritance.
Literature
Genetic counselors ask how many cousins removed a relative is, because risk drops sharply with each step in the family tree.
Medicine
Under the will, a cousin once removed inherits nothing unless every closer relative has already been ruled out.
Law
The film's villain turns out to be a cousin once removed, which explains the family resemblance nobody mentioned.
Movies
She spent the summer with a cousin once removed in Lisbon, a relative she had met exactly once at a wedding.
Travel
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