Klarinet Archive - Posting 000521.txt from 1997/06

From: "Lisa K. Clayton" <clayton@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Einstein info
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 12:26:49 -0400

>Not according to Einstein's daughter. While the two men were
>born in the same town (Buchau am Federsee), went to the same
>schools, and even sang in the same chorus, the assertions that
>they were cousins has never been documented. There was a
>reference to that alleged relationship in Grover's Dictionary
>which will change it in the next edition as a result of my
>letter to them. While it is, of course, possible that they
>were cousins, the issue is one of proof. You know what they
>say: everyone on the earth is related to everyone else by a
>maximum of five degrees of separation. The problem is proving
>it!!

Only in genetics would I ever dare contradict Dan Leeson (who,
among others on this list, has provided this rank amateur
with a top-notch clarinet education) but the saying is that
we're separated *by acquaintance* from one another by five degrees
(or six, or seven, depending on who you talk to) of separation.

Genetically however, no matter your ethnicity, you're at least
a 66th cousin to anybody else on earth. So, be nicer
to that trumpet and/or viola player. They may be your 23rd
cousin.

Lisa K. Clayton
clayton@-----.edu