Cecil Number

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 The number is calculated in a similar fashion to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon#Bacon_numbers Bacon Number].  However in the Kevin Bacon game, the only primitive step is simply "was in a movie with".
-For Cecil Numbers, the primitive steps in this are "Was the Spouse of", "Was the Parent of", "Was the Child of" and "Was the Sibling of".
+When calculating Cecil Numbers, there are four different primitive steps : "Was the Spouse of", "Was the Parent of", "Was the Child of" and "Was the Sibling of".
-So the children of Richard Cecil are "Cecil Ones", their spouses are "Cecil Twos".  Siblings, Parents or Children of those spouses would then be "Cecil Threes".
+So the parents, children, siblings and spouses of Richard Cecil are "Cecil Ones".
+The parents, children, siblings and spouses of Cecil Ones are "Cecil Twos".
+The parents, children, siblings and spouses of Cecil Twos would then be "Cecil Threes".
 And so on.