President Abraham Lincoln was just reported as my 7th cousin, four times removed.  I would have ignored this because this appeared as the 30th notification in the 336 notifications I have received, but I know better than to ignore, I verify.   The #30 reference has us as 6th cousins, 4 times removed.   Why the difference?  Both cases (#30 and #333) use Cousin Abe’s paternal line through his father, Thomas Lincoln.  The paths veer off at Abe’s great grandparents.  #30 climbs up his great grandmother, Rebecca Flowers’ lineage to our MRCA, Thomas Betts (1602-1688).  #333 climbs up his great grandfather, John Lincoln’s lineage to our MRCA, William Reed (1565-1621).   #30 is part of my Botsford lineage with one generation yet to prove out to the MRCA.  #333 is part of my Clark lineage with six generations to prove out to the MRCA.  So, if I am successful, and I put the whole mess into FTM, will it show that Cousin Abe is his own cousin?  This might make the research a lot of fun!