photo: my wife's greatgrandmother
photo: my elder daughter
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RELATIONSHIP CHART

Last reviewed 01MAY2008
photo: my wife's greatgrandfather
photo: my younger daughter


Have you ever wondered about your relationship to a distant cousin, or come across the term
"second cousin, twice removed"? If so, this chart may help to find where they fit into the family.

Be careful, though, in Wales, where you could come across a "Welsh
auntie", or a "Bopa", who was KITH (a friend) not KIN (a blood relation).
In the recent past, before social conventions relaxed, it was impolite for
a much younger person to call an older person by their Christian name.
Instead, a close family friend was often addressed as, or referred to as,
for example, "Bopa Jane" rather than the more formal "Mrs Jones".

  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
0  
Common
Ancestor		  
Child
(son or
daughter)		  
Grand
child		 Great
Grand
child		 2 x Great
Grand
child		 3 x Great
Grand
child		 4 x Great
Grand
child		 5 x Great
Grand
child		 6 x Great
Grand
child		 7 x Great
Grand
child		 8 x Great
Grand
child		 9 x Great
Grand
child
1  
Child
(son or
daughter)		  
Sibling
(brother
or sister)		  
 
Nephew
or Niece		  
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 2 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 3 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 4 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 5 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 6 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 7 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 8 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece
2  
Grand
child		  
 
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin		 First
Cousin
once
removed		 First
Cousin
twice
removed		 First
Cousin
3 times
removed		 First
Cousin
4 times
removed		 First
Cousin
5 times
removed		 First
Cousin
6 times
removed		 First
Cousin
7 times
removed		 First
Cousin
8 times
removed		 First
Cousin
9 times
removed
3 Great
Grand
child		  
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
once
removed		 Second
Cousin		 Second
Cousin
once
removed		 Second
Cousin
twice
removed		 Second
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
6 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
7 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
8 times
removed
4 2 x Great
Grand
child		 Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
twice
removed		 Second
Cousin
once
removed		 Third
Cousin		 Third
Cousin
once
removed		 Third
Cousin
twice
removed		 Third
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
6 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
7 times
removed
5 3 x Great
Grand
child		 2 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
twice
removed		 Third
Cousin
once
removed		 Fourth
Cousin		 Fourth
Cousin
once
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
6 times
removed
6 4 x Great
Grand
child		 3 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
twice
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
once
removed		 Fifth
Cousin		 Fifth
Cousin
once
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
5 times
removed
7 5 x Great
Grand
child		 4 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
once
removed		 Sixth
Cousin		 Sixth
Cousin
once
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
4 times
removed
8 6 x Great
Grand
child		 5 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
6 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
once
removed		 Seventh
Cousin		 Seventh
Cousin
once
removed		 Seventh
Cousin
twice
removed		 Seventh
Cousin
3 times
removed
9 7 x Great
Grand
child		 6 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
7 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
6 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Seventh
Cousin
once
removed		 Eighth
Cousin		 Eighth
Cousin
once
removed		 Eighth
Cousin
twice
removed
10 8 x Great
Grand
child		 7 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
8 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
7 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
6 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Seventh
Cousin
twice
removed		 Eighth
Cousin
once
removed		 Ninth
Cousin		 Ninth
Cousin
once
removed
11 9 x Great
Grand
child		 8 x Great
Grand
Nephew
or Niece		 First
Cousin
9 times
removed		 Second
Cousin
8 times
removed		 Third
Cousin
7 times
removed		 Fourth
Cousin
6 times
removed		 Fifth
Cousin
5 times
removed		 Sixth
Cousin
4 times
removed		 Seventh
Cousin
3 times
removed		 Eighth
Cousin
twice
removed		 Ninth
Cousin
once
removed		 Tenth
Cousin


To identify the relationship between any two persons, first identify
their most recent common ancestor.

The numbers in the chart's headings (white text on blue background) denote
the number of generations a person is from his or her common ancestor.

Follow the first two columns of the chart down from the common ancestor
to the heading with the right number of generations to find the
relationship of the first person to that common ancestor.

Follow the first two rows of the chart across from the common ancestor
to the heading with the right number of generations to find the
relationship of the second person to the common ancestor.

Project from those two boxes,
across and down respectively,
to find the box where they intersect.
That box's text identifies their
relationship to each other.

If the text in the box is highlighted in red,
then the two persons are of the same generation.
"removed " indicates they are not of the same generation
- "once removed" = 1 generation apart,
"twice removed" = 2 generations apart, etc.
 

I don't know why, but Nephews and Nieces can be Grand,
yet Uncles and Aunts can only be Great and never Grand.