----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Rolfe" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:22 PM Subject: [LegacyUG] Relationship Problem
> If your GGM is the sister of her 2GGM, then their parents are the common > ancestors. > > So Your 2GGP and her 3GGP are the same people. > > This means that you are third cousins once removed. > > How does this work? > > This couple had children, your GGM, her 2GGM and maybe others. these > are siblings. > > These people had children (your GP and her GGP) who are first cousins. > > These people had children (your parent and her grandparent) who are > second cousins. > > Now, these people also had children (you and her parent) who are third > cousins. > > Now, we don't go any further in your line, but she is one layer below > you, hence the once removed bit. Her children will still be your third > cousins, but twice removed. > > Your children will be her 4th cousins. > > The easiest way, I think, to work it out is to find the most recent > common ancestor of both people and then count the steps back. Your > parents are 1 step, your grand parents are two steps, your GGP are 3 > steps and your 2GGP are four steps. So, for you it is 4 steps. > > For her, it is 5 steps. > > Now, take the smaller number of steps and subtract 1. That is the > Cousin bit. 4-1=3, so 3rd cousin. Then take the difference between the > two numbers and that is the removed bit. 4-3=1, so once removed. > > Of course, if the shorter number of steps = 1, then you get 0th cousin, > which translates into Aunt or uncle and the difference is whether they > are great aunt etc. > > Hope that helps > --------------------- Thank you Tony for answering my post about the relationship, my apologies for not being very clear as to my request. I am aware of what you have explained regarding relationships, I too had come to the conclusion that we would be 3rd cousins once removed BUT, here is the rub: When I checked in Legacy to be sure I have it right, Legacy told me that we are HALF third cousins once removed, it is the HALF that I do not understand. Russ, another Lister told me that HALF meant each daughter had a different father but this is not so. I removed the father's name and just left the mother's name and I still get the same message, very frustrating! even check a oline chart and it showed that we are 3rd cousins once removed so is this a problem in Legacy? Should it be reported? Regards, Colin Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
