ARE WE COUSINS?

Many years ago when I was twenty three,
I married a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had pretty hair of red.
My father fell in love with her,
And soon those two were wed.

This made my dad my son-in-law
And it changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
For she was my father's wife.

To complicate the matters worse,
Although it brought me some joy,
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy.

My little baby then became
A brother-in-law to dad.
And then became my uncle,
Though it made me very sad.

For if he was my uncle,
Then that also made him brother
To the widow's grown-up daughter
Who, of course, was my step-mother.

Father's wife then had a son,
Who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson,
For he was my daughter's son.

My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me very blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
She's my grandmother too.

If my wife is my grandmother,
Then I am her grandchild.
And every time I think of it,
It simply drives me wild.

For now I have just become
The strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

       - Anonymous -