Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
> On Monday 12. April 2010 16.57.38 Rob Sargent wrote:
>
>> Believe me: "ego-ma-pa" will correctly define genealogical relationships
>> (at least among humans).
>>
>
> Yes, but a family tree is not a hierarchical tree as defined in database
> theory. Believe me: I'm a genealogist.
>
The last sentence is almost like the 'proof by authority' from 36
methods of mathematical proof, see e.g.
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMAT6680.F99/Challen/proof/proof.html.