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3G Grand Father/Mother

 

 

 

 

 

2G Grand Father/Mother

 

 

 

2G Grand Uncle/Aunt

 

Great Grand Father/Mother

 

 

Great Grand Uncle/Aunt

1C3R

 

Grand Father/Mother

 

Grand Uncle/Aunt

1C2R

2C2R

 

Father/Mother

Uncle/Aunt

1C1R

2C1R

3C1R

Sister/Brother

You (source)

1st Cousin

2nd Cousin

3rd Cousin

4th Cousin

Nephew/Niece

Son/Dau

1C1R

2C1R

3C1R

4C1R

Grand Nep/Niece

Grand Son/Dau

1C2R

2C2R

3C2R

4C2R

Great Grand Nep/Niece

Great Grand Son/Dau

1C3R

2C3R

3C3R

4C3R

2G Grand Nep/Niece

2G Grand Son/Dau

1C4R

2C4R

3C4R

4C4R

3G Grand Nep/Niece

3G Grand Son/Dau

1C5R

2C5R

3C5R

4C5R

 

Explanations:

 

 

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All relationships above are in relation to you <the source>.

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2G, 3G, etc., stand for 2nd Great, 3rd Great, etc.

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1C, 2C, etc., stands for 1st Cousin, 2nd Cousin, etc.

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1R, 2R, etc., stands for Once Removed, Twice Removed, etc.

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The term Removed is confusing, primarily because the numbers deceivingly mean one thing for the descendants of your same generation cousins, and another for the descendants of your prior generation uncles/aunts:
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For instance, the children of your great grand uncle/aunt are your 1C2R, and the grandchildren of your 1st cousins are also your 1C2R.

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The confusing part is that you can have a 1C2R that's one generation older than you, and, at the same time, a 1C2R that's two generations younger than you.

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Fact: For the direct-line descendants of your 2nd cousins, their descendants are  your 2nd cousins too, and the term Removed refers to the number of generations removed from you.

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Fact: For the direct-line ancestors of your 2nd cousins, for each generation back, the cousin designation decreases by one, and the term Removed still refers to the number of generations removed from you.