Keeping track of family relationships can be complicated and it's sometimes hard to figure out how one person is related to another, especially when you come upon second, third or fourth cousins. We hope the chart below will help.
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CA | Common Ancestor | C | Child |
GC | Grandchild | GGC | Great Grandchild |
S | Sibling (Brother/Sister) | N | Niece/Nephew |
GN | Grand Niece/Nephew | GGN | Great Grand Niece/Nephew |
#C | Cousin Relationship, e.g., 1C = First Cousin, etc. | ||
#R | # of times removed, e.g., 4R = 4 times removed, etc. |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
0 | CA | C | GC | GGC | 2 GGC | 3 GGC | 4 GGC | 5 GGC | 6 GGC | 7 GGC | 8 GGC |
1 | C | S | N | GN | GGN | 2 GGN | 3 GGN | 4 GGN | 5 GGN | 6 GGN | 7 GGN |
2 | GC | N | 1C | 1C 1R | 1C 2R | 1C 3R | 1C 4R | 1C 5R | 1C 6R | 1C 7R | 1C 8R |
3 | GGC | GN | 1C 1R | 2C | 2C 1R | 2C 2R | 2C 3R | 2C 4R | 2C 5R | 2C 6R | 2C 7R |
4 | 2 GGC | GGN | 1C 2R | 2C 1R | 3C | 3C 1R | 3C 2R | 3C 3R | 3C 4R | 3C 5R | 3C 6R |
5 | 3 GGC | 2 GGN | 1C 3R | 2C 2R | 3C 1R | 4C | 4C 1R | 4C 2R | 4C 3R | 4C 4R | 4C 5R |
6 | 4 GGC | 3 GGN | 1C 4R | 2C 3R | 3C 2R | 4C 1R | 5C | 5C 1R | 5C 2R | 5C 3R | 5C 4R |
7 | 5 GGC | 4 GGN | 1C 5R | 2C 4R | 3C 3R | 4C 2R | 5C 1R | 6C | 6C 1R | 6C 2R | 6C 3R |
8 | 6 GGC | 5 GGN | 1C 6R | 2C 5R | 3C 4R | 4C 3R | 5C 2R | 6C 1R | 7C | 7C 1R | 7C 2R |
9 | 7 GGC | 6 GGN | 1C 7R | 2C 6R | 3C 5R | 4C 4R | 5C 3R | 6C 2R | 7C 1R | 8C | 8C 1R |
10 | 8 GGC | 7 GGN | 1C 8R | 2C 7R | 3C 6R | 4C 5R | 5C 4R | 6C 3R | 7C 2R | 8C 1R | 9C |