YIKES! My Maternal Great Grandfathers Were Brothers!

[CleGirl17]

I've just discovered that my mom's maternal grandfather AND her paternal grandfather were brothers! Wondering what relationship that makes them to me? Very confused but yet, this does answer some of the quirks in the family, lol! Thank you.
 

[pjm99]

They are still your Great Grandfathers. However, it does mean your mother and father were 1st cousins!

[majm]

You are still a great grandchild  they are still your mother's grandfathers.  There are no genetical issues for you to fret over,  and nor should your mother. 

JM

I've just discovered that my mom's maternal grandfather AND her paternal grandfather were brothers! Wondering what relationship that makes them to me? Very confused but yet, this does answer some of the quirks in the family, lol! Thank you.
 

[pharmaT]

They are still your great grandfathers but it means that they are also your Great Great uncles.  Although when I am related to someone in more than one way I take the closest relationship.


Pedigree collapse is very common in trees.

[Gan Yam]

They are still your Great Grandfathers. However, it does mean your mother and father were 1st cousins!

Does it not mean that the OP's maternal grandparents, her mothers parents, were the first cousins?

[CleGirl17]

They are still your Great Grandfathers. However, it does mean your mother and father were 1st cousins!

I don't understand this response. Are you saying my biological mom and biological dad were 1st cousins? Or are you staing my mom and her dad were 1st cousins?

Thanks.

[CleGirl17]

They are still your Great Grandfathers. However, it does mean your mother and father were 1st cousins!

Does it not mean that the OP's maternal grandparents, her mothers parents, were the first cousins?

Maybe that is what this response was trying to say?

[Mike in Cumbria]

Clegirl's grandparents were first cousins, not her parents.

Either way, nothing to worry about.

[Maiden Stone]

They are still your Great Grandfathers. However, it does mean your mother and father were 1st cousins!

Does it not mean that the OP's maternal grandparents, her mothers parents, were the first cousins?

I agree with Gan Yam. CleGirl's maternal great grandfathers were brothers; her maternal grandparents were 1st cousins. Her father, I assume was not related by blood to her mother.