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Family Relationships Confusion - any help apprecia

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Joanna

Joanna Report 28 Dec 2004 21:48

Hi Can anyone point me in the right direction with working out family relationships? I don't have (or didn't til I found GR!) a very large/close family so I don't understand all this 2nd cousin, 3rd cousin or 4th cousin stuff - then throw in the 'twice removed' etc and I glaze over completely! I'm not even entirely sure what a Great Aunt is (someone who sends fab xmas pressies maybe?). There must be a definitive guide somewhere on the net. Thanks for reading this and sorry for being so thick - I'm very new to this!

Slinky

Slinky Report 28 Dec 2004 21:54

Your Great Aunt is your Aunts Aunt Your second Cousin is your Cousins Cousin Your 3rd cousin is the second cousins cousin Your Grandfathers father is you Great Grandfather . Has this helped???

PennyDainty

PennyDainty Report 28 Dec 2004 21:56

If you look at this it may help http://www.genealogy.*com/16_cousn.html Christine

Joanna

Joanna Report 28 Dec 2004 22:02

You have got to be kidding Anne!!! It's even more confusing than I expected (apart from the grandfather bit!). Ok - deep breath - what relationship to me (if any) is my grandfathers brother??

Joanna

Joanna Report 28 Dec 2004 22:02

Thanks Christine - I'll have a look now.

Jack

Jack Report 28 Dec 2004 22:05

Your grandfather's brother is your great uncle. Jack

Joanna

Joanna Report 28 Dec 2004 22:16

Aha - I get it now. Brilliant website has lifted the cloud of confusion - thank you all. Best Wishes for a Happy New Year.

Unknown

Unknown Report 28 Dec 2004 22:30

Here you are folks - I have printed this chart off and find it fairly foolproof to work out relationships now: http://members(.)tripod(.)com/Phil_N_S/Rc.htm Remember to remove brackets, then just cut and paste into your browser bar. Good luck! Mandy :)

Judith

Judith Report 28 Dec 2004 22:31

Karen, your father's cousin is your first cousin once removed. As to second cousins, they are not your cousins' cousins. If your father's (or mother's) cousin has children they are your second cousins.

Geoff

Geoff Report 28 Dec 2004 23:15

A great aunt is a grandparent's sister. A second cousin means that your father/mother and their father/mother were cousins. A third cousin means that your grandmother/grandfather and their grandfather/grandmother were cousins.

Joanna

Joanna Report 29 Dec 2004 00:32

Thanks to everyone for the info - I have saved the recommended sites to my favourites. Now, one more question, seeing as you are obviously 'old hands' at this genealogy lark - how do I go about tracing 1st cousins who may have emigrated to Australia in the 1950s after their father (my uncle - see I'm getting the gist of the lingo already!) died? Can't believe I'm still up - this is addictive.