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Kinship help??

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Joy

Joy Report 3 Sep 2009 19:01


You're welcome :-)

Robert

Robert Report 3 Sep 2009 15:19

hello all that helped me with this info - you have been great. I love doing this and can't get enough - completely addicted again thanks to you all. xx

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 3 Sep 2009 06:41

Count the number of generations back from yourself to the closest common ancestor that you share with the other person. Then count the number of generations back from the other person to the same common ancestor. If these two numbers are the same, then there is no "removed" part to the relationship - just subtract 1 from the number of generations to get the degree of cousinship (1st, 2nd, etc).

E.g. If your closest common ancestor was your grandfather (so two generations back from you), and the other person was also a grandchild of the same grandfather, then you are 1st cousins (2 generations - 1).

If the number of generations back to the closest common ancestor is not the same on both sides, then the degree of cousinship is the lower of the two numbers, minus one, and the "removed" number is the difference between the two.

E.g. If your closest common ancestor was your grandfather (2 generations), and he was a great-grandfather to the other person (3 generations), then you are 1st cousins (2 generations is the lower number, minus one) and you are "once removed" (3 minus 2).

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 2 Sep 2009 23:54

The children of your parent's brothers and sisters are your first cousins

Your first cousin's children are your cousins once removed.

Your first cousin's grandchildren are your cousins twice removed.

The "removed" bit simply means one generation away from you starting with your shared ancestor, i.e. one generation away = once removed. two generations away = twice removed and so on.

Kath. x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 2 Sep 2009 22:28

http://www.islandregister.com/cousin.html

Another choice

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Joy

Joy Report 2 Sep 2009 22:19

Try exploring these -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin

http://www.genealogy.com/16_cousn.html

http://www.mjra.net/relationships-1.html

Robert

Robert Report 2 Sep 2009 22:15

I have program on my computer that tells me for example who is my 1st cousin, 1st cousin once removed or 1st cousin twice removed etc etc etc. Does anyone here know how I can work out who is who without the computer? What makes these people have the kinship they have to me. What makes them my 1st or 2nd cousin once/twice removed? Thank you