Chart - Family Relationships

This chart is a cross-refererence for determining the relationship between two people who have an ancestor in common.  To use select how one person is related to the common ancestor on the top row and how the other is related to the common ancestor on the left row. How to use the chart ... One person is a 4th great granddaughter and the other is a 5th great grandson of the closest ancestor that they have in common. Going across the top for the first person and down the side for the second person, we see that they are fifth cousins, once removed. Examples ... Myrtle Harris Garner was my grandmother. She was the great-grandmother of my cousin's children (Auntie Della's son, James Ronald Phillips). That means Ronnie's children are my First Cousins Once Removed. Dorothy and Idella were Sisters Ida Myrtle Dorothy Judy Judy's Children Ida Myrtle Idella Ronnie Ronnie's Children Idella (Ida) Josephine Jewell Harris was my great-grandmother. She was also the ggm of Everett Lewis' children (he was Great-Aunt Hazel's son). That means Everett's children and I are Second Cousins. (I never saw them.) Myrtle & Hazel were Sisters Ida Myrtle Dorothy Judy Ida Hazel Everett Everett's Children

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CHART

Common Ancestor	Son (Daughter)	Grandchild	Great Grandchild	2nd Great Grandchild	3rd Great Grandchild	4th Great Grandchild	5th Great Grandchild	6th Great Grandchild	7th Great Grandchild	8th Great Grandchild
Son (Daughter)	Brother (Sister)	Nephew (Niece)	Grand Nephew	Great Grand Nephew	2nd Great Grand nephew	3rd Great Grand nephew	4th Great Grand nephew	5th Great Grand nephew	6th Great Grand nephew	7th Great Grand nephew
Grandchild	Nephew Niece	1(st) Cousin	1 Cousin 1 Removed	1 Cousin 2 Removed	1 Cousin 3 Removed	1 Cousin 4 Removed	1 Cousin 5 Removed	1 Cousin 6 Removed	1 Cousin 7 Removed	1 Cousin 8 Removed
Great Grandchild	Grand nephew	1 Cousin 1 Removed	2(nd) Cousin	2 Cousin 1 Removed	2 Cousin 2 Removed	2 Cousin 3 Removed	2 Cousin 4 Removed	2 Cousin 5 Removed	2 Cousin 6 Removed	2 Cousin 7 Removed
2nd Great Grandchild	Great Grand Nephew	1 Cousin 2 Removed	2 Cousin 1 Removed	3(rd) Cousin	3 Cousin 1 Removed	3 Cousin 2 Removed	3 Cousin 3 Removed	3 Cousin 4 Removed	3 Cousin 5 Removed	3 Cousin 6 Removed
3rd Great Grandchild	2nd Great Grand nephew	1 Cousin 3 Removed	2 Cousin 2 Removed	3 Cousin 1 Removed	4(th) Cousin	4 Cousin 1 Removed	4 Cousin 2 Removed	4 Cousin 3 Removed	4 Cousin 4 Removed	4 Cousin 5 Removed
4th Great Grandchild	3rd Great Grand nephew	1 Cousin 4 Removed	2 Cousin 3 Removed	3 Cousin 3 Removed	4 Cousin 1 Removed	5(th) Cousin	5 Cousin 1 Removed	5 Cousin 2 Removed	5 Cousin 3 Removed	5 Cousin 4 Removed
5th Great Grandchild	4th Great Grand nephew	1 Cousin 5 Removed	2 Cousin 4 Removed	3 Cousin 3 Removed	4 Cousin 2 Removed	5 Cousin 1 Removed	6(th) Cousin	6 Cousin 1 Removed	6 Cousin 2 Removed	6 Cousin 3 Removed
6th Great Grandchild	5th Great Grand nephew	1 Cousin 6 Removed	2 Cousin 5 Removed	3 Cousin 4 Removed	4 Cousin 3 Removed	5 Cousin 2 Removed	6 Cousin 1 Removed	7(th) Cousin	7 Cousin 1 Removed	7 Cousin 2 Removed
7th Great Grandchild	6th Great Grand nephew	1 Cousin 7 Removed	2 Cousin 6 Removed	3 Cousin 5 Removed	4 Cousin 4 Removed	5 Cousin 3 Removed	6 Cousin 2 Removed	7 Cousin 1 Removed	8(th) Cousin	8 Cousin 1 Removed
8th Great Grandchild	7th Great Grand nephew	1 Cousin 8 Removed	2 Cousin 7 Removed	3 Cousin 6 Removed	4 Cousin 5 Removed	5 Cousin 4 Removed	6 Cousin 3 Removed	7 Cousin 2 Removed	8 Cousin 1 Removed	9(th) Cousin

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Genealogical Brain Twister

Tracing your family tree is not an easy task to take on. Read on:

The child of your parent's brother or sister is your first cousin. However, your first cousin's child is not your second cousin, but your first cousin ONCE REMOVED. The child of your first cousin once removed is your first cousin TWICE REMOVED, and his child is your first cousin three times removed.

Your second cousin is your grandparent's brother's (or sister's) grandchild. That second cousin's child is your second cousin once removed, his child your second cousin twice removed, and so on.

And your third cousin? It's your great-grandparent's brother's (or sister's) great-grandchild. The third cousin's child is your third cousin once removed, his child is your thrid cousin twice removed.

The grandchild of your brother or sister is your grandnephew or grandniece.

The sister or brother of your grandparent is your great-aunt or great-uncle.

The sister or brother of your great-grandparent is your great-grandaunt or great-granduncle.

Whew! Isn't this grand? Or is it great?

(The above was found as a newspaper clipping stuffed inside an old family Bible. Newspaper or columnist is unknown).

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