11 July 2009

First cousin once removed



Admit it - you've never understood what that means.
Now with this simple chart, it all becomes clear. Sort of.

5 comments:

  1. I have always understood the "once removed" concept, but then again my family is Southern, so that might be hereditary.

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  2. That chart indicates that both your great uncle's child AND your cousins child would be your "first cousin, once removed". That's not the way I always understood it. So, I looked it up. Sure enough, I learned something today.

    I like the text definitions at:
    http://www.genealogy.com/16_cousn.html
    this helps explain it to me.

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  3. All those little blank circles are the crazy in-laws and exes that provide us with something to talk about at the reunion.

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  4. Looking at old genealogy records, I find what you call "great-great uncle" described as "great-grand uncle". I think I prefer it that way because it gives the same title as the great-grandfather, who is also of that generation. Easier to keep straight.

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  5. Ok, so what I want to know is.........what is my mother's counsin's son to me. Is he distant enough to marry - because he's HOT!

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