At e very family reunion, the same question comes up. After hearing the jumble of ancestor names and sprouts off of other family branches, someone will blink in a daze then ask, "Now, HOW are they related to me?" The following chart is an attempt to answer that question.
1
YOUR GRANDPARENTS |
2
YOUR PARENTS |
3
YOUR SIBLINGS |
4
YOUR CHILDREN |
5
YOUR GRANDCHILDREN |
6
YOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN |
7
YOUR GG-GRANDCHILDREN |
8
YOUR GGG-GRANDCHILDREN |
9
YOUR GGGG-GRANDCHILDREN |
2
YOUR PARENTS SIBLINGS |
Brother/ |
Aunt
/ Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
GREAT
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
GREAT GREAT Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
G.G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
G.G.G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
G.G.G.G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
3
THE CHILDREN OF YOUR AUNTS/UNCLES (Your first cousins) |
Aunt
/ Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
FIRST
COUSIN
|
First
Cousin, Once Removed
|
First
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
First
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
First
Cousin,
4 X Removed |
First
Cousin,
5 X Removed |
First
Cousin,
6 X Removed |
4
YOUR COUSINS' CHILDREN |
GREAT
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
First
Cousin, Once Removed
|
SECOND
COUSIN
|
Second
Cousin, Once Removed
|
Second
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
4 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
5 X Removed |
5
THEIR GRANDCHILDREN |
GREAT
GREAT Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
First
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Second
Cousin, Once Removed
|
THIRD
COUSIN |
Third
Cousin,
Once Removed |
Third
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Third
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
Third
Cousin,
4 X Removed |
6
THEIR G-GRANDCHILDREN |
G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
First
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
Twice Removed |
Third
Cousin,
Once Removed |
FOURTH
COUSIN |
Fourth
Cousin,
Once Removed |
Fourth
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Fourth
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
7
GG-GRANDCHILDREN |
G.G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
First
Cousin,
4 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
Third
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Fourth
Cousin,
Once Removed |
FIFTH
COUSIN |
Fifth
Cousin,
Once Removed |
Fifth
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
8
GGG-GRANDCHILDREN |
G.G.G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
First
Cousin,
5 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
4 X Removed |
Third
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
Fourth
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Fifth
Cousin,
Once Removed |
SIXTH
COUSIN |
Sixth
Cousin,
Once Removed |
9
GGGG-GRANDCHILDREN |
G.G.G.G.G.G.
Aunt / Uncle / Nephew / Niece
|
First
Cousin,
6 X Removed |
Second
Cousin,
5 X Removed |
Third
Cousin,
4 X Removed |
Fourth
Cousin,
3 X Removed |
Fifth
Cousin,
2 X Removed |
Sixth
Cousin,
Once Removed |
SEVENTH
COUSIN |
Space #1 is you. Use this to calculate the direct decendants of common grandparents.
Your grandparents would occupy Space #1.
Your parents would occupy space number #2.
You and your siblings - and the children of your aunts and uncles - would occupy
space number #3. Your relationship would be where the rows and the columns intersect.
Your children, and the children of your FIRST COUSINS, would occupy space number
4.
Your relationship would be where the rows and the columns intersect
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