What Kind of Cousin Are You

What Kind of Cousin Are You?

To use the chart:

On the top row find the relationship of one person to the common ancestor and follow the column straight down. Find the other person's relationship to the common ancestor on the left-hand column and follow that row straight across. Their relationship is described where the projected row and column meet.

For a relationship to exist there must be an ancestor who is common to both individuals. In the chart below the Common Ancestor is Box 0 on both the horizontal and vertical scales.

As an example, say we have a great great grandaughter of the common ancestor and we want to see what her relationship is to the great grandaughter of the common ancestor. By following the rows and columns we see that they are second cousins once removed.

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0	Common Ancestor	Son or Daughter	Grandchild	Great Grandchild	2nd Great Grandchild	3rd Great Grandchild	4th Great Grandchild	5th Great Grandchild	6th Great Grandchild	7th Great Grandchild
1	Son or Daughter	Siblings (Brother or Sister)	Nephew or Niece	Grand Nephew or Niece	Great Grand Nephew or Niece	2nd Great Grand Nephew or Niece	3rd Great Grand Nephew or Niece	4th Great Grand Nephew or Niece	5th Great Grand Nephew or Niece	6th Great Grand Nephew or Niece
2	Grandchild	Nephew or Niece	First Cousin	1st Cousin Once Removed	1st Cousin Twice Removed	1st Cousin 3 Times Removed	1st Cousin 4 Times Removed	1st Cousin 5 Times Removed	1st Cousin 6 Times Removed	1st Cousin 7 Times Removed
3	Great Grandchild	Grand Nephew or Niece	First Cousin Once Removed	Second Cousin	2nd Cousin Once Removed	2nd Cousin Twice Removed	2nd Cousin 3 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 4 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 6 Times Removed
4	2nd Great Grandchild	Great Grand Nephew or Niece	1st Cousin Twice Removed	2nd Cousin Once Removed	Third Cousin	3rd Cousin Once Removed	3rd Cousin Twice Removed	3rd Cousin 3 Times Removed	3rd Cousin 4 Times Removed	3rd Cousin 5 Times Removed
5	3rd Great Grandchild	2nd Great Grand Nephew or Niece	1st Cousin 3 Times Removed	2nd Cousin Twice Removed	3rd Cousin Once Removed	Fourth Cousin	4th Cousin Once Removed	4th Cousin Twice Removed	4th Cousin 3 Times Removed	4th Cousin 4 Times Removed
6	4th Great Grandchild	3rd Great Grand Nephew or Niece	1st Cousin 4 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 3 Times Removed	3rd Cousin Twice Removed	4th Cousin Once Removed	Fifth Cousin	5th Cousin Once Removed	5th Cousin Twice Removed	5th Cousin 3 Times Removed
7	5th Great Grandchild	4th Great Grand Nephew or Niece	1st Cousin 5 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 4 Times Removed	3rd Cousin 3 Times Removed	4th Cousin Twice Removed	5th Cousin Once Removed	Sixth Cousin	6th Cousin Once Removed	6th Cousin Twice Removed
8	6th Great Grandchild	5th Great Grand Nephew or Niece	1st Cousin 6 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 5 Times Removed	3rd Cousin 4 Times Removed	4th Cousin 3 Times Removed	5th Cousin Twice Removed	6th Cousin Once Removed	Seventh Cousin	7th Cousin Once Removed
9	7th Great Grandchild	6th Great Grand Nephew or Niece	1st Cousin 7 Times Removed	2nd Cousin 6 Times Removed	3rd Cousin 5 Times Removed	4th Cousin 4 Times Removed	5th Cousin 3 Times Removed	6th Cousin Twice Removed	7th Cousin Once Removed	Eighth Cousin