Definition: f, and in relation to the common ancestor, is a direct line; it becomes collateral when placed along side of another line below the common ancestor, in whom both lines unite for example:
Common ancestor. O /ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ¡ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒø = = o o = = o o Direct = = Collateral line. o o line. = = o o = = o o = = O o Ego.
4. These two lines are independent of each other; they have no connexion, except by their union in the person of the common ancestor. This reunion is what forms the relation among the persons composing the two lines.
5. A line is also paternal or maternal. In the examination of a person s ascending line, the line ascends first to his father, next to his paternal grandfather, his paternal great-grandfather, &c. so on from father to father; this is called the paternal line. Another line will be found to ascend from the same person to his mother, his maternal grandmother, and so from mother to mother; this is the maternal line. These lines, however, do not take in all the ascendants, there are many others who must be imagined. The number of ascendants is double at each degree, as is shown by the following table:
/ƒƒƒƒƒ o = /ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ == =¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o = /ƒƒƒƒƒƒ¥ = = F= = /ƒƒƒƒƒ o a=== t=¿ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ h= = e= ¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o r= /ƒƒOƒƒ¥ = = P = O = /ƒƒƒƒƒ o a= t = = t= h =/ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ e= e === r= r ==¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o n = = = a = L ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒ¥ l = i = = n = /ƒƒƒƒƒ o L= e== i=¿ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ n= = e= ¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o = Ego. Oƒƒƒƒƒ¥ = M = /ƒƒƒƒƒ o a= = t=/ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ e=== r= O=¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o n = t = a = h/ƒƒƒƒƒ¥ l = e= = = r= = /ƒƒƒƒƒ o l== == i= l= ¿ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ n= i== e= n=¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o = e= ¿ƒƒƒoƒƒ¥ = M= /ƒƒƒƒƒ o o== t= /ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ h= == e= =¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o r= = ¿ƒƒƒƒƒ¥ = = /ƒƒƒƒƒ o == ¿ƒƒƒƒƒoƒƒƒƒ¥ = ¿ƒƒƒƒƒ o
Vide 2 Bl. Com. 200, b. 2, c. 14; Poth. Des Successions, ch. 1, art. 3, 2; and article Ascendants.
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