<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">I'm guessing it's a variant of a shirt-tale relative, which is "usually said to refer to somebody who is a relative by marriage or is only
distantly related, such as a fourth cousin, or is a family friend with honorary
status as a relative. It’s fairly common in the USA and has been since the 1950s
or thereabouts."<div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="color:black;"><div>Robyn<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rgreenlund61@yahoo.com/">rgreenlund61@yahoo.com</a><br><br><font size="2" color="#bf005f" face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Interested in Coos County History? See what's online at<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos">genealogytrails.com</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://coquillevalley.org/">coquillevalley.org</a>, or <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://orgenweb.org/coos/">orgenweb.org</a> </font><div style="padding:5px 0pt;font-size:13px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:gray;"></span><a rel="nofollow" style="padding:0pt 2px;font-size:10pt;color:blue;" target="_blank" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/rgreenlund"><img style="padding-bottom:5px;vertical-align:middle;" alt="Linkedin"
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