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How can I find out for sure if a person is really my 5th, 6th, or 7th, cousin if they are famous?

RandallBell2
RandallBell2 ✭
January 8, 2022 edited January 8, 2022 in Family Tree

Minnie Mae Hood

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  • Chas Howell
    Chas Howell ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 8, 2022

    The only way I know is to verify the genealogy step by step.

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  • Brett .
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    January 9, 2022 edited January 9, 2022

    @RandallBell2

    Randall

    I am just another 'lowly' User/Patron ...

    'Yes', as 'Chas' suggests ... "... verify the genealogy step by step ...".

    Furthermore ...

    Here are some articles that may be of interest ...

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    'FamilySearch' "Blog"

    Cousin Chart—Family Relationships Explained

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/cousin-chart

    What Is a Second Cousin?: How to Calculate Family Relationships

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/what-is-a-second-cousin

    https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/what-is-a-second-cousin

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    'FamilySearch' "Research Wiki"

    Cousin

    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cousin

    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Cousin

    Genealogical Helps, Relationship Chart, List of Ancestral Names and Places, Date Calculator (National Institute)

    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Genealogical_Helps,_Relationship_Chart,_List_of_Ancestral_Names_and_Places,_Date_Calculator_(National_Institute)

    https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Genealogical_Helps%2C_Relationship_Chart%2C_List_of_Ancestral_Names_and_Places%2C_Date_Calculator_%28National_Institute%29

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    I hope, that these may help/assist, somewhat.

    Brett

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  • Gail Swihart Watson
    Gail Swihart Watson ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 9, 2022

    Web sites which talk about the history of surnames will list famous people, contemporary and historic.

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