Talk:Marquis of Veere and Flushing

A fact from Marquis of Veere and Flushing appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 August 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the title of Marquis of Veere and Flushing was so powerful that it was abolished to prevent the abuse of power, but is now one of the titles of the Dutch king?

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Cognatic[edit]

Tiny little problem I don't know how to solve myself. The word "cognatic" is used and linked to the Wikipedia article "cognate." Unfortunately that article addresses cognate words (similar words in different languages). Looking at the disambiguation page for "cognate" I find another Wikipedia article on the subject, but it's about geometry. I don't see an article on cognate as a genealogy concept. A dictionary says it means related on the mother's side; is that the meaning intended here? Would "maternal cousin" or "cousin on the mother's side" avoid using a word most people probably don't recognize (for that meaning)? In any case the link should be removed. Gms3591 (talk) 09:30, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've linked it to primogeniture. Gerard von Hebel (talk) 09:45, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very sorry for the confusion. The word "cognatic" should simply link to cognatic, which defines it as the "mode of descent calculated from an ancestor or ancestress counted through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother." Surtsicna (talk) 11:22, 29 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]