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Deborah

Deborah Report 24 Jun 2005 01:49

If you google cousins explained it has a very helpful chart Deborah

tinkers

tinkers Report 23 Jun 2005 09:08

thanks richard it sounds very confusing lol

Richard in Perth

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

tinkers

tinkers Report 23 Jun 2005 07:14

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?