Genealogy Chat

Hi

Go to the wikepedia website and do search on cousin. There is a full explanation and a number of pictorial charts showing all the relationships down to something like 9th cousin.

regards - Tony

http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/cousincalculator.html

Cousin (or First Cousin or Full Cousin)
The son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

Second Cousin
People who have the same great-grandparents, but not the same grandparents. Second cousins are children of first cousins.

Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cousins
Third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, but not the same great-grandparents or grandparents. Fourth cousins have the same great-great-great-grandparents, etc.

Removed
When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people are from different generations.

The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your father's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your father's first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed." The one-generation difference has nothing to do with age, but rather with descendance from the same person.

Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.

Thanks very much Kathleen, I'll take a look.

Amanda.

There are a few different ones if you Google "relationship calculator". Here is one:-

http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/people/relationship.html

or this one:-

http://www.genproxy.co.uk/relationships_progenitor_cousin.htm

Kath. x

I once saw a posting that listed how people were related, once removed, twice removed etc.
Does anyone know how I can find this link again on Genes as I forgot to bookmark it.
Thanks, Amanda