Family Relationship Chart

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP CHART

How to use a "Relationship Chart"!

To find the relationship between two individuals with a common ancestor, follow these instructions. Assuming Individual "A" is the Fourth Grand Child of the common Ancestor, place him in the Fourth Grand child portion along the top of the chart. To make things simple, assuming that individual "B" is also a Fourth Grand Child of that common Ancestor, place "B" in the Fourth Grand child portion along the left hand side of the chart. Follow both lines to their intersection, and you will find that they are Fourth Cousins to each other. You may print this chart off for your own use, if you wish.
The "Relationship Rule" is: Count the number of grand parents to the common ancestor for both individuals. The number for the individual with the LEAST number of grand parents is the number of the cousin. The DIFFERENCE between the numbers of grand parents for the two individuals is the number of times removed of the cousin. If you are using a descendancy chart with generations numbered such that the common ancestor is 1, then the number of grand parents to the common ancestor is the number associated with your grand parent.

Common Ancestor	Child	Grand child	Second Grand child	Third Grand child	Fourth Grand child	Fifth Grand child	Sixth Grand child	Seventh Grand child
Child	Sibling	Niece / Nephew	Grand Niece / Nephew	Second Grand Niece / Nephew	Third Grand Niece / Nephew	Fourth Grand Niece / Nephew	Fifth Grand Niece / Nephew	Sixth Grand Niece / Nephew
Grand child	Niece / Nephew	First Cousin	First Cousin 1x Rem.	First Cousin 2x Rem.	First Cousin 3x Rem.	First Cousin 4x Rem.	First Cousin 5x Rem.	First Cousin 6x Rem.
Second Grand child	Grand Niece / Nephew	First Cousin 1x Rem.	Second Cousin	Second Cousin 1x Rem.	Second Cousin 2x Rem.	Second Cousin 3x Rem.	Second Cousin 4x Rem.	Second Cousin 5x Rem.
Third Grand child	Second Grand Niece / Nephew	First Cousin 2x Rem.	Second Cousin 1x Rem.	Third Cousin	Third Cousin 1x Rem.	Third Cousin 2x Rem.	Third Cousin 3x Rem.	Third Cousin 4x Rem.
Fourth Grand child	Third Grand Niece / Nephew	First Cousin 3x Rem.	Second Cousin 2x Rem.	Third Cousin 1x Rem.	Fourth Cousin	Fourth Cousin 1x Rem.	Fourth Cousin 2x Rem.	Fourth Cousin 3x Rem.
Fifth Grand child	Fourth Grand Niece / Nephew	First Cousin 4x Rem.	Second Cousin 3x Rem.	Third Cousin 2x Rem.	Fourth Cousin 1x Rem.	Fifth Cousin	Fifth Cousin 1x Rem.	Fifth Cousin 2x Rem.
Sixth Grand child	Fifth Grand Niece / Nephew	First Cousin 5x Rem.	Second Cousin 4x Rem.	Third Cousin 3x Rem.	Fourth Cousin 2x Rem.	Fifth Cousin 1x Rem.	Sixth Cousin	Sixth Cousin 1x Rem.
Seventh Grand child	Sixth Grand Niece / Nephew	First Cousin 6x Rem.	Second Cousin 5x Rem.	Third Cousin 4x Rem.	Fourth Cousin 3x Rem.	Fifth Cousin 2x Rem.	Sixth Cousin 1x Rem.	Seventh Cousin

Abbreviations:

Gr. = "Great"

Rem. = "Removed"

This chart is derived from:

http://www.islandregister.com/cousin.html

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