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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I wonder if the directions refer to instructions on a family tree.
If we start with Idril as the first Silver:
1 up are her parents, but as Elenwe's other relations are unknown we are left with Turgon.
1 across is either Fingon or Aredhel.
1 down would be their respective children: Gil-Galad and Maeglin.
But how does 2 down fit it, I am not sure. I thought this would be one of those related-by-multiple-lines things where someone is both a cousin and a cousin once/twice removed, but that doesn't seem to work here.
If Idril is the last Silver, the pathway would still point to a cousin, and the logic still breaks down.
Well, it was worth a try.
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This is exactly the right approach to take, but I didn't mean siblings.
I also didn't write '= 2 down'. I wrote '== 2 down', which has a completely different meaning.
hS