Genealogy Chat

I have made contact with the grandson of my grandfather's sister, or to simplify it, my mother's cousin's child. What is the realtionship between us? I have looked on a couple of site but cannot work it out so any adivce would be useful. Thanks Lynen, Sale

You are 2nd Cousins! Maz. XX

Hi Lynn, I have printed out a fantastic and easy relationship chart from: www(.)vango(.)info/family(_)relationship(_)chart(.)htm (Remove brackets) Sandra

Thanks Maz and Sandra Lynne

i dont think you are second cousins your mother cousins child is your mothers second cousin, you are either 3rd cousins or 2nd cousind once removed i cant remeber which bri leeds

You are second cousins, as you are the same generation there is no "removed". Your cousin's children are your first cousins once removed. They are second cousins of your children. Pat

Sorry to butt in, but how does it work with nieces? What would my niece's daughter be to me, and what would I be to her? Would she be my niece once removed, and would I be her aunt once removed, or great aunt and grand-niece, which sounds much nicer? Sorry to be such a pain! Kathy

Yes. It is best to find the common ancestor first (to stop your head exploding) which in this case is the great grandparent ( parent of grandad and sister) You are both great grandchildren so are second cousins. Bob

Kathy Grand Niece or nephew. You are the Grand Aunt. It's best to print off the chart. Bob .

Thanks Robert will print off that chart. Kathy

I wasn't able to open the web page for Vang o it kept saying cannot be displayed . Is there any other site with a printable chart? KIM

Kim try this http://www.genealogy.about(.)com/library/nrelationshipchart.htm Bob

Thankyou for that , have printed it off for future referenceandto read it properly. KIM

This is an almost direct transcript of the reply given by Patricia Laycock back in September in response to a similar query. She in turn credits it to Judith White. I printed it off and have referred to it many times. "Take person A & person B, and find the common ancestor. You need to know this exactly to work out the relationship. Work out which of A and B are closest in generations to the common ancestor (say the common ancestor is A's great grandfather and B's 3 times great grandfather. A is closer with fewer greats). Taking the person who is closest to the common ancestor (A), add one to the number of greats, or just call it one if there are no greats. So where there is only one great, one + one = 2 so in the above example A and B are second cousins. Now subtract A's greats from B's greats to work out how many generations they are apart. In the above example 3greats - 1great = 2 so A and B are 2 generations apart, which means twice removed. A and B are 2nd cousins twice removed. Trust me its easier to do than to read!" Liz

Liz Nice to know the relationship calculator has been of use to you. it looks cumbersome but it works! Judith is an old friend who is my "tame expert" & has helped me a lot. Pat

Hi, I have found the chart really useful Bob thankyou, and now know that tomorrow I am going to meet up with my first cousin once removed and my second cousin! Thanks for the information. Regards, Frances

Patricia, Sorry I got your name wrong - my printer was nearly out of ink at the time! Liz

Lynne, Here's another easy chart to follow: http://members.tripod(.)com/Phil_N_S/Rc.htm Crista