Genealogy Chat

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As most know this kinship malarky goes above my head so on checking my kinship on my family tree maker imagine this. My Mum is my mother and my 4th cousin once removed !!!!!!! My maternal grandfather is my Grandfather and the husband of the grandaunt and husband of the 3rd cousin twice removed Its also saying that my sons are my sons but also my cousins 5 x removed!!!!!!!!!!! please tell me ive boo booed somewhere and my kids aint my cousins and my mums not my cousin HELP im going nuts here lol.

I think the only thing you can do is to go back to your family tree program and check all the information you have entered, person by person, starting with yourself. You must have added the wrong information somewhere, unless you have a very complicated set of relatives!!! Kath. x

I think the prob may have come about when I added my uncles kids (mums nephews) as it does get a bit complicated cus my cousin (my unclkes son) married my sister in law (hubbys sister) and had a child together. so do ya think its that thats boobooed if i put my uncle in twice by mistake would I get my mum being my cousin etc or do ya think thats not the cause? there are family members having babies with family members way back on my maternal nanna side but not my maternal grandad side. Theres also cousins marrying cousins and aunts etc god im lost

Angela, Sorry, I think I'm lost too. It does sound complicated. If you are using FamilyTreeMaker, it shouldn't really let you put someone in twice without asking if the two are the same person. I think you need someone with a bit more idea than me to sort you out, although if there are unusual marriages in the family, then there will be a few unusual relationships as well. Kath. x

No, I don't think you have done anything wrong, there was a thread about this before. If you have a cousin, or other related marriage, then you become not just you, but your own fourth cousin or whatever. I am pretty sure there is a kinship thread, on Tips I think? OC

Kath its going from bad to worse lol ive checked back and it looks like the prob is further back than my Uncle lol its right after all my sons are my cousins as is my mum and my nanna is also my great aunt oh lordy think they did this to confuse poor little me lol.

Would this mess occur if my great great grandad married his mothers sisters daughter ? is that how it happened I didnt think omg lol whoops thats his cousin see im confusing myself i thought hed married his aunt for a second then lol

Angela Yes - a kinship marriage produces TWO lots of relationships. Personally, I stick with the obvious relationships and don't bother with the weird ones - I am my own 15th cousin twice removed, my own 7th cousin and my own third cousin three times removed! I prefer to be just me, thanks! OC