Dave:
I have sent you separately, as an attachment, the chart I think that
you are looking for.
In the meantime, here is something from Reunion Magazine last year (I
have received permission for sending this)
Howland Davis
In the August/September/October issue of Reunions Magazine, page 14, a
column by JackieUtley from Jackson TN, a contributor to the magazine, had this
process:
Talking about ‘second cousins’ and ‘onceremoved’ she
said, *Butwhat exactly do they mean, and who exactly are
they, and howthe heck do you figure it out?
The best explanation I've seen involves adiagram of
relationships.
a. Start with a common grandparent.
1)The common grandparent = X
2) A grandchild = GC
3) A great grandchild = GGC
4) A great great grandchild = GGGC
5) A great great great grand-child=GGGGC
b. Now if we line these up:
X
GC
GGC
GGGC
GGGGC
c. How many "Gs" does a GC andanother GC have in
common? The answer is 1, so that they arefirst
cousins.
d. How many "Gs" does a GGGC andanother GGGC
havein common? The answer is 3, so that makes
them third cousins.
e. What about a GC and a GGC? They have one"G" in
common, which makes them first cousins.
But, just as in math where you crossout the common
numbers and still have a remainder, you mustcount
the extra "Gs." The number ofextra "Gs" indicates
how many times the cousins are removed.In this
case the remainder is one, so therelationship is first
cousin, once removed.
f. What about a GGGGC and a GGC? The number of
common "Gs" is two, so secondcousins. The
remainder is two, so twice removed.
g. A GC and GGGGGGC? One common "G" sofirst
cousins, five remaining "Gs" sofive times removed.
Fairly easy to figure out, right?
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