Eorl is Eomer's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather!

not quite....almost there

Hummm...I count Eomer as the 18th generation from Eorl. That would make Eorl the great (times 15) grandpappy of Eomer.

Would you give a hint as to the relationship you are looking for in your answer?

Eorl->Brego->Aldor->Frea->Freawine
->Goldwine->Deor->Gram->Helm's sister (Hild?)->Frealaf->Brytta/Leofa->Walda
->Folca->Folcwine->Fengel->Thengel
->Theodwyn->Eomer

That makes Eomer the sixteenth generation after Eorl.

Oops, I said Eomer was 18 generations after Eorl. I should have said that 18 generations were represented counting these two.
Eomer was actually 17 generations from Eorl, not 16 as you said.

Since, Eomer is the 17th after Eorl; Eorl would be Eomer's 15xgreat grandfather.

not yet


hint:Eomer wasnt in Eorl's right line

Eomer was a direct descendant of Eorl, just not always through the male line.

nope

Well... when the Second and Third Lines of the Kings of the Mark began, they began with the nephew of the prior king. However, their mothers were sisters of the prior king, daughters of the king before that. So, they were in the direct line descending from Eorl.
Or, do you have different information? Or, are you thinking of something else entirely?

i have different information

Where is this going?
 

I find it hard to fault symestreem's analysis:

and

Which means that luthien-elvenprincess's original answer is surely correct:

I am not sure where you are going with this one, Nirvana II, but it seems to me that luthien-elvenprincess has it. If you disagree, I think that, in the circumstances, you ought perhaps to explain why.

Saucepan Man,my good fellow, she isnt correct one one reason.........Eomer is Eorl's 15x great nephew!not grandson !i will give luthien the go.....

Nirvana, you are wrong. Eomer's mother, Theodwyn, was the daughter of king Thengel.

Yeah...(victory dance):D
I don't mean to belabor the point...but I still count Eomer as the 17th generation after Eorl. (moves gracefully on);)

What is Gloredhel to Rian?

Gloredhel was Rian's husband's aunt.

yes, yes, yes, NightKnight.

What was Elwë to Elrond, in both ways please! :D

*groans*
Um ... great great grandfather, and ... great great great uncle?

I just realized I thought of the wrong person. *Hits self* That should have been Elladan/Elrohir/Arwen, and not Elrond. *Hits self again* Well, since they are only related in one way, and you got it, I'll give it to you. *Smacks self really hard*

Be calm, NightKnight, I'm sure we'll forgive you. :)
(yeah right...)
Anyway, name Gil-galad's (male) cousin's father's wife's brother's father's half-brother's wife's father.
And I hope you have as much fun working it out as I did making it up. *innocent smile*

And that would be Mahtan. ;) Tricksy one there. ;)

*grins*
Well done, Nightknight, correct. :D

It was actually fun. :D

So, who was Agarwaen's "stepfather"'s brother's daughter's husband?

Finarfin?

Correct. :)

Thanks NightKnight
 

Maybe something a little bit easier. :)

Túrin and Brandir.

Brandir's great uncle is Turin's Grandfather...so um...third cousins? If not, then i'm stickin with Brandir's great uncle is Turin's Grandfather!

They were second cousins.

Umm, I was looking for second cousins, but that is the same thing as Perky Ent's "Brandir's great uncle is Turin's Grandfather!" So whoever posts the next question first can carry on.

Gimli and Dain

There were two Dáins. If you mean Dáin I then he is Gimli's great-great-great-uncle. If you mean Dáin II Ironfoot then they are 3rd cousins once removed.

You're right, but only if you tell me what once removed means!

It has to do with generations. So Glóin and Dáin are third cousins, and Gimli being Glóin's son is once removed.

um...sure! Your turn!

Lotho Sackville-Baggins and Frodo.

First Cousins?

Third cousins?

Thorongil has it.

*Bumps to the top*
Thorongil?

Oh,sorry. I forgot this thread. I can't make a new one right now, but I'll post another in 8-9 hours.