RELATIONSHIP CHART
Find yourself in relation to the common ancestor across the top of the chart and your distant cousin in relation to the common ancestor down the side.
Your exact cousinship is at the intersection of these lines/columns.
(Just like a mileage chart.)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMMON ANCESTOR | SON- DAU. | GRAND SON | GREAT GRAND SON | G-G GRAND SON | G-G-G GRAND SON | 4G GRAND SON | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SON- DAU. | SIB- LING | NEPHEW NIECE | GRAND NEPHEW | GREAT GRAND- NEPHEW | G-G GRAND- NEPHEW | G-G-G GRAND- NEPHEW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | GRAND- SON | NEPHEW NIECE | 1ST COUSIN | 1ST COUSIN 1 REM | 1ST COUSIN 2 REM | 1ST COUSIN 3 REM | 1ST COUSIN 4 REM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | GREAT GRAND- SON | GRAND- NEPHEW | 1ST COUSIN 1 REM | 2ND COUSIN | 2ND COUSIN 1 REM | 2ND COUSIN 2 REM | 2ND COUSIN 3 REM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | G-G GRAND- SON | GREAT GRAND- NEPHEW | 1ST COUSIN 2 REM | 2ND COUSIN 1 REM | 3RD COUSIN | 3RD COUSIN 1 REM | 3RD COUSIN 2 REM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | G-G-G GRAND- SON | G-G GRAND- NEPHEW | 1ST COUSIN 3 REM | 2ND COUSIN 2 REM | 3RD COUSIN 1 REM | 4TH COUSIN | 4TH COUSIN 1 REM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4G GRAND- SON | G-G-G GRAND- NEPHEW | 1ST COUSIN 4 REM | 2ND COUSIN 3 REM | 3RD COUSIN 2 REM | 4TH COUSIN 1 REM | 5TH COUSIN This cousin chart is courtesy of Ann Bolton |