Well, would you credit it? After mentioning the name Jabez Eke up this thread, it turns out that bubblyrat and I are third cousins once removed!

bubblyrat and my mother are 3rd cousins - and the "once removed" means that he and I are 3rd cousins, separated from each other by a generation. We share the same g-g-g-grandfather.

The power of Mudcat, eh?