What Relationship are We ?
Below is a chart telling what relation you are to others in your family tree through nine generations. For ease of charting, it is assumed that person #1 and #2 are male.
Instructions for use:
1. Find the common ancestor who would be in
the box "common ancestor".
2. Across the top row of the chart, find the
relationship of person #1 to the common ancestor.
3. Down the left edge
of the chart find the relationship of person #2 to the common
ancestor.
4. Now go down the column of person #1's relation until you
meet the row where person #2 is. Whatever the relationship in that box, is
what the relationship is of person #1 to person #2.
To me the easiest way to describe what removed means, is to remove one generation. So if you and Mary are 2nd cousins once removed that means that your parent (one generation) and Mary are 2nd cousins. And your child and Mary are 2nd cousins twice removed because your child's grandparent (two generations) and Mary are second cousins.
common ancestor |
son |
grandson |
g
|
gg
|
ggg
|
4g
|
5g
|
6g
|
7g
|
son |
brother |
nephew |
grand nephew |
g grand nephew |
gg grand nephew |
ggg grand nephew |
4g grand nephew |
5g grand nephew |
6g grand nephew |
grandson |
nephew |
1st cousin |
1 cousin
|
1 cousin
|
1 cousin
|
1 cousin
|
1 cousin
|
1 cousin
|
1 cousin
|
g
|
grand nephew |
1 cousin 1 rem |
2 cousin |
2 cousin 1 rem |
2 cousin 2 rem |
2 cousin 3 rem |
2 cousin 4 rem |
2 cousin 5 rem |
2 cousin 6 rem |
gg
|
g grand nephew |
1 cousin 2 rem |
2 cousin 1 rem |
3 cousin |
3 cousin 1 rem |
3 cousin 2 rem |
3 cousin 3 rem |
3 cousin 4 rem |
3 cousin 5 rem |
ggg
|
gg grand nephew |
1 cousin 3 rem |
2 cousin 2 rem |
3 cousin 1 rem |
4th cousin |
4 cousin 1 rem |
4 cousin 2 rem |
4 cousin 3 rem |
4 cousin 4 rem |
4g grandson |
3g grand nephew |
1 cousin 4 rem |
2 cousin 3 rem |
3 cousin 2 rem |
4 cousin 1 rem |
5th cousin |
5 cousin 1 rem |
5 cousin 2 rem |
5 cousin 3 rem |
5g grandson |
4g grand nephew |
1 cousin 5 rem |
2 cousin 4 rem |
3 cousin 3 rem |
4 cousin 2 rem |
5 cousin 1 rem |
6th cousin |
6 cousin 1 rem |
6 cousin 2 rem |
6g grandson |
5g grand nephew |
1 cousin 6 rem |
2 cousin 5 rem |
3 cousin 4 rem |
4 cousin 3 rem |
5 cousin 2 rem |
6 cousin 1 rem |
7th cousin |
7 cousin 1 rem |
7g grandson |
6g grand nephew |
1 cousin 7 rem |
2 cousin 6 rem |
3 cousin 5 rem |
4 cousin 4 rem |
5 cousin 3 rem |
6 cousin 2 rem |
7 cousin 1 rem |
8th cousin |