Your Douglas family tree, Commander, got me thinking about the Clampetts and the Bodines.
Jed's father (Luke) and Pearl's mother were siblings, making them first cousins. That makes their children, Elly May and Jethro, second cousins. I can see why Jethro and Elly May consider themselves "cousins" (rather than "second cousins"), buy why does Jethro refer to Jed as his "uncle" (when actually they are first cousins, one generation removed)? The simplest answer is that, generally, your cousin's father is your uncle, so it may be that it's easier to think of Jed as his "uncle" (just as it's easier to think of Elly as his "cousin").
But we know that Jed had a sister named Myrtle who married a Bodine.* Also that Pearl Clampett married a Bodine. What if two Bodine brothers (Nate and ?) married two Clampett cousins (Myrtle and Pearl)? That would mean Jed is Jethro's mother's cousin, but he also his aunt's brother. So, in an "I'm My Own Grandpa" kind of way, Jed is his uncle. (Under normal circumstance, the brother of an aunt-by-marriage wouldn't be any relation at all, but in this case he's also blood kin to Jethro's ma.)
What I can't figure out is any kind of a blood relationship between Granny (Daisy Moses) and Jethro... or Pearl for that matter. Granny is related to Elly May because Jed married Granny's daughter (Rose Ellen), but how is she related to Jethro?
*I recall a "Nate Bodine" from my recent watching of The Beverly Hillbillies, and also that Jed's brother-in-law was a Bodine. I can't say for certain off the top of my head whether Nate was Jed's BIL or Pearl's husband. The internet contains contradictory information (big surprise there), with one source listing Nate Bodine as both Jed's BIL and Jethro's father, but it really doesn't matter for the purposes of my "tree."
JD DeLuzio > Jeff of Earth-JDecember 1, 2025 at 9:18am
I'm going to assume that the show's creators took the view that, being hillbillies from a tiny bugtussle of a town, they were all related somehow.
The Baron > Jeff of Earth-JDecember 1, 2025 at 10:20am
I swear that I remember an episode where Jed and Jethro were parsing their relationship, and Jed said, "I think you're a grand nephew", and Jethro being Jethro, replied, "And I think you're a grand uncle."
Pretty much eveeryone called Granny "Granny", even if they weren't family, didn't they? My recollection is that even Drysdale and Hathaway called her "Granny".
Your Douglas family tree, Commander, got me thinking about the Clampetts and the Bodines.
You're a braver man than I am, my friend, for tackling that one. Another reason why I never tried to parse the Clampett family tree is that I was not an inveterate fan of The Beverly Hillbillies, at least not long after the first three seasons. By then, I thought the show had milked all the humour out of the premise---sending the Clampetts to England was the last inspired bit ("Faversham, erverybody!"). And I didn't care for the change in Mr. Drysdale's personality, shifting him from the show's voice of reason to a greedy, duplicitous miser.
Therefore, I wasn't able to grab all the significant details of Jed's relatives (though, granted, most of them arose in those first three seasons). I do half-remember (I was paying only half attention to the episode) an exchange in an episode in one of the colour seasons, in which Jethro is explaining to a visitor about his relationship with Jed. Jethro says something to the effect of "I call him 'Uncle Jed', but he's really my ________." I don't recall the exact nature of the relationship that Jethro described.
The internet contains contradictory information...
Not only contradictory, but some of it is just plain wrong! One source identified Jed and Jethro as first cousins.
I'm going to assume that the show's creators took the view that, being hillbillies from a tiny bugtussle of a town, they were all related somehow.
That is highly likely. Several years ago, while sharing geneological information with a distant "cousin" from my father's side, I discovered a link to a colateral relative I had always known to be on my mother's side. One of the online sources I consulted was quite insulting in its insinuations, but I'm drawing the line short of incest.
I swear that I remember an episode where Jed and Jethro were parsing their relationship, and Jed said, "I think you're a grand nephew", and Jethro being Jethro, replied, "And I think you're a grand uncle."
Heh. Yeah, I saw that episode just recently.
Pretty much everyone called Granny "Granny", even if they weren't family, didn't they?
Yes, they did, and that may well ending being the case between Daisy Moses and Jethro Bodine, but I've take it as a challenge to make it work as a blood relationship.
All this talk of Family Trees brings to mind the Collins family of Collinsport, Maine. Unlike the Clametts, there are many versions of the Collins family tree available online, some for purchase as posters. Elizabeth, Roger, Carolyn and David all tend to refer to Barnabas as "cousin" in the generic sense of "distant relative," but if the (fictitious) English branch of the Collins family (from Barnabas' cover story) procreated at the same rate as the New England branch, then Roger and Elizabeth would be fifth generation cousins to Barnabas, and Carolyn and David would be his fifth cousins, once removed. In other words, the vampire Barnabas Collins is posing as his own great great great grandson.
If the show had said that Jethro's father was Granny's son, it would have tied everything up well, but in episode mentioned above wherein Jed and Jethro were "parsing their relationship," Jed said to Jethro, "Strictly speaking, Granny ain't your granny."
Jeff of Earth-J > PowerBook Pete, the Mad ModDecember 2, 2025 at 7:02am
You're right! I remember that now. There's the answer.
I spend some time yestersday trying to codify a relationship between Daisy Moses and Nate Bodine but I could come up with anything I was happy with. I thought of three possible scenarios, but all of them required taking liberties beyond what was established on the show.
I tried to search for this. No dice. It reminds me of the Big Boy statues. Once a year, there will be a story of one being stolen. For variety, one was destroyed by a crashing car.
JD DeLuzio > Richard WillisDecember 4, 2025 at 1:24am
It's a very local story. For what it's worth, the local Beaver Reality (owners of the missing beaver) have an Instagram post about it. They swear it's not "some lame publicity stunt." For my part, I just walked by the poster earlier this week and took the shot. It was the first I'd heard of it.
"Help us find our beaver" struck me as funny for a couple of obvious reasons.
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Your Douglas family tree, Commander, got me thinking about the Clampetts and the Bodines.
Jed's father (Luke) and Pearl's mother were siblings, making them first cousins. That makes their children, Elly May and Jethro, second cousins. I can see why Jethro and Elly May consider themselves "cousins" (rather than "second cousins"), buy why does Jethro refer to Jed as his "uncle" (when actually they are first cousins, one generation removed)? The simplest answer is that, generally, your cousin's father is your uncle, so it may be that it's easier to think of Jed as his "uncle" (just as it's easier to think of Elly as his "cousin").
But we know that Jed had a sister named Myrtle who married a Bodine.* Also that Pearl Clampett married a Bodine. What if two Bodine brothers (Nate and ?) married two Clampett cousins (Myrtle and Pearl)? That would mean Jed is Jethro's mother's cousin, but he also his aunt's brother. So, in an "I'm My Own Grandpa" kind of way, Jed is his uncle. (Under normal circumstance, the brother of an aunt-by-marriage wouldn't be any relation at all, but in this case he's also blood kin to Jethro's ma.)
What I can't figure out is any kind of a blood relationship between Granny (Daisy Moses) and Jethro... or Pearl for that matter. Granny is related to Elly May because Jed married Granny's daughter (Rose Ellen), but how is she related to Jethro?
*I recall a "Nate Bodine" from my recent watching of The Beverly Hillbillies, and also that Jed's brother-in-law was a Bodine. I can't say for certain off the top of my head whether Nate was Jed's BIL or Pearl's husband. The internet contains contradictory information (big surprise there), with one source listing Nate Bodine as both Jed's BIL and Jethro's father, but it really doesn't matter for the purposes of my "tree."
I'm going to assume that the show's creators took the view that, being hillbillies from a tiny bugtussle of a town, they were all related somehow.
I swear that I remember an episode where Jed and Jethro were parsing their relationship, and Jed said, "I think you're a grand nephew", and Jethro being Jethro, replied, "And I think you're a grand uncle."
Pretty much eveeryone called Granny "Granny", even if they weren't family, didn't they? My recollection is that even Drysdale and Hathaway called her "Granny".
Your Douglas family tree, Commander, got me thinking about the Clampetts and the Bodines.
You're a braver man than I am, my friend, for tackling that one. Another reason why I never tried to parse the Clampett family tree is that I was not an inveterate fan of The Beverly Hillbillies, at least not long after the first three seasons. By then, I thought the show had milked all the humour out of the premise---sending the Clampetts to England was the last inspired bit ("Faversham, erverybody!"). And I didn't care for the change in Mr. Drysdale's personality, shifting him from the show's voice of reason to a greedy, duplicitous miser.
Therefore, I wasn't able to grab all the significant details of Jed's relatives (though, granted, most of them arose in those first three seasons). I do half-remember (I was paying only half attention to the episode) an exchange in an episode in one of the colour seasons, in which Jethro is explaining to a visitor about his relationship with Jed. Jethro says something to the effect of "I call him 'Uncle Jed', but he's really my ________." I don't recall the exact nature of the relationship that Jethro described.
The internet contains contradictory information...
Not only contradictory, but some of it is just plain wrong! One source identified Jed and Jethro as first cousins.
I'm going to assume that the show's creators took the view that, being hillbillies from a tiny bugtussle of a town, they were all related somehow.
That is highly likely. Several years ago, while sharing geneological information with a distant "cousin" from my father's side, I discovered a link to a colateral relative I had always known to be on my mother's side. One of the online sources I consulted was quite insulting in its insinuations, but I'm drawing the line short of incest.
I swear that I remember an episode where Jed and Jethro were parsing their relationship, and Jed said, "I think you're a grand nephew", and Jethro being Jethro, replied, "And I think you're a grand uncle."
Heh. Yeah, I saw that episode just recently.
Pretty much everyone called Granny "Granny", even if they weren't family, didn't they?
Yes, they did, and that may well ending being the case between Daisy Moses and Jethro Bodine, but I've take it as a challenge to make it work as a blood relationship.
All this talk of Family Trees brings to mind the Collins family of Collinsport, Maine. Unlike the Clametts, there are many versions of the Collins family tree available online, some for purchase as posters. Elizabeth, Roger, Carolyn and David all tend to refer to Barnabas as "cousin" in the generic sense of "distant relative," but if the (fictitious) English branch of the Collins family (from Barnabas' cover story) procreated at the same rate as the New England branch, then Roger and Elizabeth would be fifth generation cousins to Barnabas, and Carolyn and David would be his fifth cousins, once removed. In other words, the vampire Barnabas Collins is posing as his own great great great grandson.
If the show had said that Jethro's father was Granny's son, it would have tied everything up well, but in episode mentioned above wherein Jed and Jethro were "parsing their relationship," Jed said to Jethro, "Strictly speaking, Granny ain't your granny."
You're right! I remember that now. There's the answer.
I spend some time yestersday trying to codify a relationship between Daisy Moses and Nate Bodine but I could come up with anything I was happy with. I thought of three possible scenarios, but all of them required taking liberties beyond what was established on the show.
Just another day in the Great White North:
I tried to search for this. No dice. It reminds me of the Big Boy statues. Once a year, there will be a story of one being stolen. For variety, one was destroyed by a crashing car.
It's a very local story. For what it's worth, the local Beaver Reality (owners of the missing beaver) have an Instagram post about it. They swear it's not "some lame publicity stunt." For my part, I just walked by the poster earlier this week and took the shot. It was the first I'd heard of it.
"Help us find our beaver" struck me as funny for a couple of obvious reasons.
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