A simple one for you experts out there!

[BumbleB]

My understanding is:

Cousins share the same grandparents
Second cousins share the same great grandparents
Third cousins share the same great great grandparents

Removed is the number of generations between you and the other person.

But I could be wrong!  

BumbleB

[Mort29]

if you cant follow the link I posted, another option is to count the 'Gs' back to the common ancestor (in this case your great Grand Parent).

For you there will be more Gs than your Great Uncles daughter.


The difference is the 'Removal' factor

[Waxwing]

Thankyou everyone for your kind help! Isn'this stuff just fascinating??!! Thanks again.

[Redroger]

Acorns to Oaks www.acorns2oaks.info publish a comprehensive chart down to 8th cousin.

[Greensleeves]

I recently downloaded the PAF 5 software (Personal Ancestry File) from IGI to use for my family tree and have found that they have a Relationship Calculator built in.  Fascinating - I can play for hours on that alone!

[behindthefrogs]

You should both have the same relationship - first cousin once removed. 

I use the method of counting the gs from each person to the common ancestor mentioned above.  The smaller number is the number of the cousin and the difference the number of times removed.  Both the same.

David
 

[danuslave]

To explain the difference in names: the idea is that you go across to the other line before you do the 'removing'. In other words, you do things in the order that they are written down.

You would go across to your second cousin (your great uncles grandchild) before going up a generation to them.

However, the other person would go across to their first cousin (your father) before coming down a generation to you.

They are one generation removed from your second cousin; you are one generation removed from their first cousin.

Having said that, I think a lot of people just use the lower number version for both relationships.

Richard

I've never heard this before.  My understanding was that 'removed' works down the generations

I'm with behindthefrogs

You should both have the same relationship - first cousin once removed

Your father and the 'daughter' are first cousins, and there is one generation between you and her - whichever way round you look at it

Legacy 7 s/w has a relationship calculator and it comes up with this too

Linda

[winston]

HI

baffles me also but this site helps a lot also to explain a bit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin


wendy