In re the Accounting of Morris

This appeal deals with both the competency and the weight of evidence bearing on pedigree. There are two groups of claimants to the entire estate of Josephine F. Morris. One consists of the appellants who claim a relationship to the *213decedent’s father which would make them second cousins of the decedent, technically “ first cousins, once removed ”. The other group consists of some of the respondents who claim a relationship to the decedent’s mother which would make them first cousins of the decedent. This group has succeeded before the Surrogate who has found the existence of the relationship…