Kinship Chart

Common Ancestor	child	grandchild	great grandchild	great great grandchild	3rd great grandchild	4th great grandchild	5th great grandchild	6th great grandchild	7th great grandchild
child	brother/ sister	nephew/ niece	grand nephew/ niece	great nephew/ niece	2nd great nephew/ niece	3rd great nephew/ niece	4th great nephew/ niece	5th great nephew/ niece	6th great nephew/ niece
grandchild	nephew/ niece	1st cousin	1st cousin, once removed	1st cousin, twice removed	1st cousin, thrice removed	1st cousin, four times removed	1st cousin, five times removed	1st cousin, six times removed	1st cousin, 7 times removed
great grandchild	grand nephew/ niece	1st cousin, once removed	2nd cousin	2nd cousin, once removed	2nd cousin, twice removed	2nd cousin, thrice removed	2nd cousin, four times removed	2nd cousin, five times removed	2nd cousin, six times removed
great great grandchild	great nephew/ niece	1st cousin, twice removed	2nd cousin, once removed	3rd cousin	3rd cousin, once removed	3rd cousin, twice removed	3rd cousin, thrice removed	3rd cousin, four times removed	3rd cousin, five times removed
3rd great grandchild	great great nephew/ niece	1st cousin, thrice removed	2nd cousin, twice removed	3rd cousin, once removed	4th cousin	4th cousin, once removed	4th cousin, twice removed	4th cousin, thrice removed	4th cousin, four times removed
4th great grandchild	3rd great nephew/ niece	1st cousin, four times removed	2nd cousin, thrice removed	3rd cousin, twice removed	4th cousin, once removed	5th cousin	5th cousin, once removed	5th cousin, twice removed	5th cousin, thrice removed
5th great grandchild	4th great nephew/ niece	1st cousin, five times removed	2nd cousin, four times removed	3rd cousin, thrice removed	4th cousin, twice removed	5th cousin, once removed	6th cousin	6th cousin, once removed	6th cousin, twice removed
6th great grandchild	5th great nephew/ niece	1st cousin, six times removed	2nd cousin, five times removed	3rd cousin, four times removed	4th cousin, thrice removed	5th cousin, twice removed	6th cousin, once removed	7th cousin	7th cousin, once removed
7th great grandchild	6th great nephew/ niece	1st cousin, 7 times removed	2nd cousin, six times removed	3rd cousin, five times removed	4th cousin, four times removed	5th cousin, thrice removed	6th cousin, twice removed	7th cousin, once removed	8th cousin

Using the Relationship Chart

   First, be aware that the "Common Ancestor" designation should probably be something like
   "Common Ancestral Couple"; if only one (either husband or wife) is a common ancestor, then
   each of the relationships is "half."

To find how you are related to another person in your family:

Find your relationship to the Common Ancestor in the top row
Find the relationship of the other person to the Common Ancestor in the left column
Where the row and the column intersect is your relationship to that person.

Example:

You are the great grandchild of your Ancestor.
The other person is the great-great grandchild of the same Ancestor.

You are the third one to the right from the Common Ancestor at the top of the chart
The other person is the fourth one down from the Common Ancestor on the left column
They intersect at:

2nd cousin, once removed.

That is your relationship to the other person.

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Created November 11, 1999. Send comments to: James Shuman
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