That chart is not helpful.You are first, second, third cousins based on how far back your nearest common ancestor goes. If your common ancestor is your grandparents, you are first cousins. Great-grandparent for second cousins, and so on back.The first, second, third removed part comes in when the number of steps you both have to go back isn't the same. So, if a first-cousin has a baby, that baby is your first cousin, once removed. If that baby grows and has a baby, that baby is your first cousin, twice removed. The reason you are first cousins with all of them is that your nearest common ancestor is the same: a grandparent. However, for each baby, the ancestor goes back a little further with each new birth. That caused the removed count to increase, but you are still first cousins.
You share your own parents as the nearest common ancestors with a niece or nephew of yours. The closest cousin you can have is first cousin, and that requires the nearest common ancestor to be a grandparent. The proximity of your nieces and nephews in your ancestry changes what they are called; that close and you start using "niece", "nephew", "aunt" and "uncle" terms. Further away and the term "cousin" is used.
This chart is completely bogus.First cousins have the same grandparents.Second cousins have the same great-grandparents.Third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, etc.You and the child of an nth cousin are nth cousins once removed.You and the grandchild of an nth cousin are nth cousins twice removed, etc.
sgi02Apr 20, 2007
My family tree is shaped like a donut.
fourcylthrillApr 20, 2007
Easy explanation, basically your 2nd cousin twice removed is someone you will die before ever meeting. Got it?
cranApr 21, 2007
That chart is not helpful.You are first, second, third cousins based on how far back your nearest common ancestor goes. If your common ancestor is your grandparents, you are first cousins. Great-grandparent for second cousins, and so on back.The first, second, third removed part comes in when the number of steps you both have to go back isn't the same. So, if a first-cousin has a baby, that baby is your first cousin, once removed. If that baby grows and has a baby, that baby is your first cousin, twice removed. The reason you are first cousins with all of them is that your nearest common ancestor is the same: a grandparent. However, for each baby, the ancestor goes back a little further with each new birth. That caused the removed count to increase, but you are still first cousins.
cranApr 21, 2007
You share your own parents as the nearest common ancestors with a niece or nephew of yours. The closest cousin you can have is first cousin, and that requires the nearest common ancestor to be a grandparent. The proximity of your nieces and nephews in your ancestry changes what they are called; that close and you start using "niece", "nephew", "aunt" and "uncle" terms. Further away and the term "cousin" is used.
wassim2kApr 21, 2007
Does this still work if some of the uncles or cousins are gay?
idonthackApr 21, 2007
@mtrip"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."Actually, that could make you former roomates.
ayeroxorApr 21, 2007
"Down south you just call your second cousin, your Father/Mother."What do you call, someone who doesn't understand commas?
jwbalesApr 21, 2007
This chart is completely bogus.First cousins have the same grandparents.Second cousins have the same great-grandparents.Third cousins have the same great-great-grandparents, etc.You and the child of an nth cousin are nth cousins once removed.You and the grandchild of an nth cousin are nth cousins twice removed, etc.
imwithjesusApr 21, 2007
this is why:<a class="user" href="http://www.kwanfamily.info/familytitles/familytitle.html">http://www.kwanfamily.info/familytitles/familytitle.html</a>
iwamcOct 12, 2007
This is the chart that helped me understand how the "second removed" stuff works<a class="user" href="http://www.familyhistoryquickstart.com/2007/10/08/cousin-relation-explanation/">http://www.familyhistoryquickstart.com/2007/10/08/ ...</a>