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Title: What relationship?
Post by: skyblueFF on Friday 27 October 17 11:59 BST (UK)

If I share a great great grandfather with someone what relation are we to each other?

Title: Re: What relationship?
Post by: groom on Friday 27 October 17 12:07 BST (UK)

Third cousins.

Children of the gggrandfather would be brothers, their children would be cousins, their children second cousins and their children (you) third cousins,

Title: Re: What relationship?
Post by: skyblueFF on Friday 27 October 17 17:18 BST (UK)

Thanks for that.
Where does the removed come in?
I think I'm in disgrace for putting this in the wrong place. Its a long time since I've been on here and it seemed a bit confusing.

Title: Re: What relationship?
Post by: Lostris on Friday 27 October 17 17:24 BST (UK)

removed is the seperation of generations coming down from the original common acestor - so you are a 2nd cousin once (one generation) removed from a 3rd cousins parent ...

This may help:-

http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~longstrt/consangu.html

Title: Re: What relationship?
Post by: cemetery friends on Friday 27 October 17 17:26 BST (UK)

If A and B are cousins the children of A would be once removed cousins from B

Title: Re: What relationship?
Post by: Andrew Tarr on Friday 27 October 17 17:59 BST (UK)

I think it's time to post a 'sticky' answer to the cousins question - it seems to come up every month or two ...  ;D