basketdiva
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Post by basketdiva on Jun 17, 2021 19:38:16 GMT
I'm trying to define a relationship of an relative I recently found via DNA match
She is the grandaughter of my cousin, great grand daughter of my aunt-so where does she fit?
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Post by beepdave on Jun 17, 2021 19:39:49 GMT
I think it's first cousin, twice removed.
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basketdiva
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Post by basketdiva on Jun 17, 2021 19:40:57 GMT
Thank you- I was leaning that way.
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Post by maryland on Jun 17, 2021 20:42:15 GMT
I didn't know it would be a first cousin. I thought first cousins were the kids of siblings. I get so confused with relationships like this!
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Post by gillyp on Jun 17, 2021 20:55:01 GMT
I think it's first cousin, twice removed. I agree. maryland, if this helps, the child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed, the 'removed' meaning there is a generation between you and them. Any child that first cousin once removed has is your first cousin twice removed. Your first cousin once removed and your children will be second cousins. The children of them will be third cousins and so on.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 17, 2021 21:40:13 GMT
I just looked at my tree and the grandchild of my first cousin is identified as first cousin twice removed by ancestry.
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Post by maryland on Jun 18, 2021 18:41:13 GMT
I think it's first cousin, twice removed. I agree. maryland , if this helps, the child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed, the 'removed' meaning there is a generation between you and them. Any child that first cousin once removed has is your first cousin twice removed. Your first cousin once removed and your children will be second cousins. The children of them will be third cousins and so on. Thanks! My husband s family always says the "once removed" part, but I can't ever keep it straight. We always were told your aunt and uncles child is your first cousin and your first cousin's child is your second cousin. I would be so interested in a geneology class!
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Post by finsup on Jun 18, 2021 19:01:04 GMT
I agree. maryland , if this helps, the child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed, the 'removed' meaning there is a generation between you and them. Any child that first cousin once removed has is your first cousin twice removed. Your first cousin once removed and your children will be second cousins. The children of them will be third cousins and so on. Thanks! My husband s family always says the "once removed" part, but I can't ever keep it straight. We always were told your aunt and uncles child is your first cousin and your first cousin's child is your second cousin. I would be so interested in a geneology class!
Your first cousin’s child is your first cousin once removed, but your child and your first cousin’s child would be second cousins, I believe. At least that’s how my Uncle Chuck, who wasn’t actually my uncle but my first cousin once removed, explained it to me haha. ETA and now I see if I’d been paying attention that gillyp already explained…sorry!
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Post by maryland on Jun 18, 2021 19:06:20 GMT
Thanks! My husband s family always says the "once removed" part, but I can't ever keep it straight. We always were told your aunt and uncles child is your first cousin and your first cousin's child is your second cousin. I would be so interested in a geneology class!
Your first cousin’s child is your first cousin once removed, but your child and your first cousin’s child would be second cousins, I believe. At least that’s how my Uncle Chuck, who wasn’t actually my uncle but my first cousin once removed, explained it to me haha. ETA and now I see if I’d been paying attention that gillyp already explained…sorry! So your first cousin and the first cousin's child are older than you? Is that why your "uncle" is really your first cousin once remove? I need a big family tree picture to figure this stuff out! Haha!
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 18, 2021 19:30:07 GMT
I didn't know it would be a first cousin. I thought first cousins were the kids of siblings. I get so confused with relationships like this! They are. It all gets so confusing sounding, especially without a tree, or something visual to look at (at least for me.) For example: I have 2 kids and my brother has 3 kids. Those 5 kids are cousins. My brother's oldest son now has a child. His son is my kids first cousin once removed. Clear as mud?
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 18, 2021 19:41:41 GMT
I think it's first cousin, twice removed. This. ETA - My cousin's child is my first cousin, once removed. My mother's cousin is also my first cousin, once removed. My mother's cousin's child, is my second cousin.
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Post by anniefb on Jun 18, 2021 20:01:45 GMT
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Post by maryland on Jun 18, 2021 22:37:26 GMT
That helps, but I am still confused! Haha, I think I better find another hobby, I think genealogy would be too hard for me to figure out.
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Post by finsup on Jun 22, 2021 22:36:18 GMT
Your first cousin’s child is your first cousin once removed, but your child and your first cousin’s child would be second cousins, I believe. At least that’s how my Uncle Chuck, who wasn’t actually my uncle but my first cousin once removed, explained it to me haha. ETA and now I see if I’d been paying attention that gillyp already explained…sorry! So your first cousin and the first cousin's child are older than you? Is that why your "uncle" is really your first cousin once remove? I need a big family tree picture to figure this stuff out! Haha! It’s so confusing, isn’t it? He was my dad’s first cousin!
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Post by Gennifer on Jun 23, 2021 3:58:19 GMT
That helps, but I am still confused! Haha, I think I better find another hobby, I think genealogy would be too hard for me to figure out. One way to remember it is that, unless you are the same generation, there will always be some removeds. You and your cousin = same generation = first cousins. You and your cousin’s kid = different generations = first cousin, once removed. Your grandkid and your cousin’s kid= different generations = second cousin, once removed. Your grandkid and your cousin’s grandkid = same generation = third cousins.
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Post by hopemax on Jun 23, 2021 4:26:00 GMT
That helps, but I am still confused! Haha, I think I better find another hobby, I think genealogy would be too hard for me to figure out. One way to remember it is that, unless you are the same generation, there will always be some removeds. You and your cousin = same generation = first cousins. You and your cousin’s kid = different generations = first cousin, once removed. Your grandkid and your cousin’s kid= different generations = second cousin, once removed. Your grandkid and your cousin’s grandkid = same generation = third cousins. That's the way I do it. Start with the common ancestor (which for the OP is your Grandparents), if you go down the the same number of levels between you and who you want to know, then that's the siblings, First Cousins , Second Cousins, Third Cousins. If you get down the tree for one person, but not the other, then that's when you get into the "removed" relationships and you count by how many additional levels you still have to go down the tree to reach the other.
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Post by maryland on Jun 23, 2021 14:43:11 GMT
Thanks! I think I need to draw it out, the examples you all gave and study it and then it will start making sense.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jun 23, 2021 15:44:17 GMT
Google Relationship Chart and a bunch of them will pop up. Choose one that makes sense to you. Some are very simple and easy to understand other charts are complicated.
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