Whitewater and Fethry

[Lars Jensen]

I hope this doesn't come off as too harsh, but here goes...

Shad Z. wrote:

> Barks says Whitewater is Donald's cousin, so he must be.  Barks
> doesn't say he is a first cousin

You're right. Instead, Barks says Whitewater is a distant cousin of
Donald and the nephews.

> to keep the tree managable, it's much easier to make Whitewater a
> first cousin

Except, of course, that Whitewater is a distant cousin of Donald and the
nephews.

Ask yourself this: Do you regularly refer to your own first cousin as
your and your nephews' "distant cousin"?

Lars