| Genealogy Relationship Rules ~ Terms |
* 1st cousins always share a common grandparent
* 2nd cousins always share a common great-grandparent
* 3rd cousins always share a common 2nd great-grandparent
* 4th cousins always share a common 3rd great-grandparent.
(The "great" always being one less than the cousin relationship.)
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Cousins are always of the same generation.
"REMOVED" COUSINS:
* Cousins NOT of the same generation are cousins "removed". The number of times
a cousin is "removed" depends on the number of generations "away" they are.
Example:
"1st cousin once removed" being the child of your 1st cousin.
"1st cousin twice removed" being the grandchild of your 1st cousin.
* This is true of PRECEDING generations of cousins as well.
(Though not with 1st cousins since their parents and grandparents would be your aunt/uncles and grandparents)
Example:
While the child of your "2nd Cousin" is your "2nd Cousin once removed"
(being one generation "removed" from yours).....
the parent of your "2nd cousin" is ALSO your "2nd cousin once removed"
because they are one generation "removed" from your generation as well.
( See Relationship Chart B)
* Someone who is a 1st cousin to any of your direct lineage family members.....
(persons you directly descend from or who directly descend from you: your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents, your child, your grandchildren, etc.)
is a 1st cousin to you, but are "removed", of course.
Example:
The "1st cousin" of your great-grandparent is:
"1st cousin once removed" to your grandparent
"1st cousin twice removed" to your parent
"1st cousin thrice removed" to you
"1st cousin 4 times removed" to your child and so on.
LINEAGE TITLES:
* Mother~Father, with their siblings being your Aunt/Uncle.
* Grandmother~Grandfather, with their siblings being your Grandaunt/Granduncle.
(Also commonly, though incorrectly, referred to as Great Aunt/Great Uncle)
* Great-Grandmother~Great-Grandfather, with their siblings being your Great-Grandaunt/Great-Granduncle, and so forth.
Note:
For legal and genealogical purposes the term GREAT does not stand alone for any relative,
it is only correct in conjunction with GRAND, as in Great-Grandfather.
GRAND, however, can stand alone as for grandparent and grandaunt/granduncle.
* A half-1st cousin is the child of your parent's half-sibling (your half-Aunt/Uncle).
* A half-2nd cousin is the grandchild of your grandparent's half-sibling (your half-grandaunt/uncle), etc.
STEP-COUSINS:
A "step-cousin" is the "step-child" of a blood relative. Example:
"John" is your parent's sibling and therefore your "Uncle" and blood relative.
He has a son by his wife "Jane"(your "Aunt" by marriage), and that son is your "cousin".
"Aunt Jane" has a daughter by a previous marriage. This daughter is their son's "half-sister", "Uncle John's" "step-daughter" and your "step-cousin".
DOUBLE 1st COUSINS:
"Double 1st Cousins" are the children of two marriages where two blood siblings of one family have married two blood siblings of another family. Example:
* My father's 2 brothers married 2 sisters from another family. Their children
( my 1st Cousins), are "Double 1st Cousins" to each other..
|
Front Porch (EXIT) |
Kaye's Corner |
Family (Tree) Room |
Living Room | Library |
| Kitchen | Work Shop | Bath Room | Attic | |
|
Sign my Guest Book |
Read my Guest Book |