RELATIONSHIP TABLE
Computing Relationships
Have you ever heard someone refer to their 3rd Cousin, 3 times removed, and all you can do is scratch your head?
This easy chart is a good way to compute exact relationships to any ancestor.
Note: Computation of exact cousin relationships is not necessary for membership in the SCV, but we offer this chart as a service for genealogists.
Instructions:
- Determine the nearest common ancestor for you and relative in question.
- In the top row, locate your position from the Common ancestor (in number of generations).
- In the left column, locate the position of the relative in question from the common ancestor (also in number of generations).
- Your relationship to the ancestor in question is determined by the intersecting square of your column and the relative's row.
LEGEND:
Brother = Brother or Sister
G=Great
G-Son=Grandson or Granddaughter
Nephew = Nephew or Niece
G-Nephew = Grand Nephew or Niece
R=Removed (Generations removed)
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Common Ancestor | Son | G-Son | GG-Son | 2G G-Son | 3G G-Son | 4G G-Son | 5G-GSon | 6G-GSon | |
1 | Son | Brother | Nephew | G-Nephew | GG-Nephew | 2G G-Nephew | 3G G-Nephew | 4G G-Nephew | 5G G-Nephew |
2 | G-Son | Nephew | 1st Cousin | 1st Cousin 1R | 1st Cousin 2R | 1st Cousin 3R | 1st Cousin 4R | 1st Cousin 5R | 1st Cousin 6R |
3 | GG-Son | G-Nephew | 1st Cousin 1R | 2nd Cousin | 2nd Cousin 1R | 2nd Cousin 2R | 2nd Cousin 3R | 2nd Cousin 4R | 2nd Cousin 5R |
4 | 2G G-Son | GG-Nephew | 1st Cousin 2R | 2nd Cousin 1R | 3rd Cousin | 3rd Cousin 1R | 3rd Cousin 2R | 3rd Cousin 3R | 3rd Cousin 4R |
5 | 3G G-Son | 2G G-Nephew | 1st Cousin 3R | 2nd Cousin 2R | 3rd Cousin 1R | 4th Cousin | 4th Cousin 1R | 4th Cousin 2R | 4th Cousin 3R |
6 | 4G G-Son | 3G G-Nephew | 1st Cousin 4R | 2nd Cousin 3R | 3rd Cousin 2R | 4th Cousin 1R | 5th Cousin | 5th Cousin 1R | 5th Cousin 2R |
7 | 5G G-Son | 4G G-Nephew | 1st Cousin | 2nd Cousin | 3rd Cousin 3R | 4th Cousin | 5th Cousin | 6th Cousin | 6th Cousin 1R |
8 | 6G G-Son | 5G G-Nephew | 1st Cousin 6R | 2nd Cousin 5R | 3rd Cousin 4R | 4th Cousin 3R | 5th Cousin 2R | 6th Cousin 1R | 7th Cousin |