To figure out complex relationships like second and third cousins or cousins once or twice or three times removed from you, turn to this handy Cousin Chart which is very useful and easy to understand. To use it, start with YOU on the chart. Examine the links above YOU as well, following them down to determine your relationship to various cousins.
First cousins: Share the same grandparents; they are the children of siblings. Second cousins: Share the same great-grandparents; they are the children of first cousins. Sometimes, especially when working on your family history, it's handy to know how to describe your family relationships more exactly. The definitions below should help you out.
Cousin a. In other words, they are the children of your aunts and uncles. And your first cousin twice removed is the grandchild or grandparent of your first cousin. Clearly, it doesn't take many generations before your family tree is a bit unwieldy.
Case in point: In , it was revealed that vice president Dick Cheney and presidential hopeful Barack Obama are eighth cousins. Cheney's wife, Lynn Cheney, discovered this tidbit while researching her husband's genealogy for a memoir she was writing, the Associated Press reported.
Removed: This term describes the relationship between cousins across of different generations. Cousins who are "once removed" have a one-generation difference. A first cousin of your father is your first cousin, once removed. First cousins once removed share anywhere from to centimorgans. Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference between cousins. You and your grandparents' cousin are first cousins twice removed and would share to centimorgans.
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