Cousins - an example

In this 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. 

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

 

Updated 10/03/2009 11:43:48 PM
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