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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 663 Send Message	tinkers	Report	23 Jun 2005 07:14
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 663 Send Message	my gran had a sister gran had 5 grandchidren the sister had 7 granchildren wat relationship would the grandchildren b would they b 2nd cousins?
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 2 586 Send Message	Richard in Perth	Report	23 Jun 2005 07:31
	Yep, 2nd cousins. Tip: work out the closest common ancestor to both persons (in this case great-grandparent - i.e. gran's parent), then count the G's (great-grandparent = 2 G's = 2nd cousin!). If there's a different number of G's on each side, then take the lowest one, and then the difference between them is the number of times removed - e.g. if one side is great-grandparent (2 G's) and the other is gt-gt-grandparent (3 G's) then you are 2nd cousins 1x removed. Richard
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 663 Send Message	tinkers	Report	23 Jun 2005 09:08
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 663 Send Message	thanks richard it sounds very confusing lol
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 868 Send Message	Deborah	Report	24 Jun 2005 01:49
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 868 Send Message	If you google cousins explained it has a very helpful chart Deborah