Jane and I are related—again.

So far the closest is 10th cousin, via the Batchelders of Massachusetts.

But we numerous times share grandmothers and grandfathers, before we diverge off again due to descent from a different sib.

Well, we’ve done it again, this time re Adm. Hawkins, naval architect, and one of the 3 commanders of the British Fleet against the Spanish Armada—. I saw Pinney and Hawkins come up in her tree, and sure enough, her 11th great grandmother is my 10th. We’re always about a generation apart in the relationship, though we’re only 10 years apart in our ages.