keeping track of family relations can be difficult. If Edna marries your mother’s uncle Charlie, what should you call her? If your father’s cousin’s daughter just had a baby boy, how should you two be introduced? Who is your “great great aunt”, and how can you find your “first cousin twice removed”? Fortunately, a bit of mathematical logic can clarify who should be called what, and why – and even measure the degree of genetic similarity between different relatives.
To draw the 2 dimensional representation, we just "open" the box and flatten it. Once we have it opened, we find the area of each side and add them up for the total surface area. See the pic. Let me know if you have questions. :)
