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Cousin Chart—Family Relationships Explained • • FamilySearch Blog

What is a second cousin? What does it mean to be once removed? Use this cousin chart and our simple explanations to answer all your cousin questions.

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Elaine Broadbent Tschaggeny

Thank you so much for this helpful information, Jessica! I was just texting back-and-forth with 2 of my cousins wondering what our relationship was to Elder Jeffrey Holland. I thought we were third cousins and they thought we were second cousins once removed. What an amazing day we live in where I could ask for a cousins’ chart on my phone and immediately your article with the chart and other information appeared and answered our question! I forwarded your article to my cousins and we learned that my mother, Maude, and my cousin’s fathers, and Elder Holland’s mother, Alice, are second cousins. We share a common great great grandfather. So, we are third cousins! Thank you for compiling all of this interesting information! It is fun to find out about our exact relationship to our many cousins!

Best regards,

Elaine Broadbent Tschaggeny

TinaSteptoe

Thank you this is a tremendous help

Cemetery Tramp

First class information in these charts and their explanation. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us!

Sadie Olsen

If a person is related to me through my Dad's side, and family search says he is MY 7th cousin, 5 times removed... then what would be that person's relationship to my Dad? I have tried to read the chart but I am confused. Please help!

Amy Archibald

@Sadie Olsen

Most likely they are 7th cousin 4 times removed. It depends on what your relationship chart looks like.

Suzy Stewart Dubot

Thank you. These charts help a lot!

JonB114

I love that Family Search calculates the relationship! I use it all the time.

HammNanette1

Well done Jessica! This is very helpful.

Davine

Wonderful! Thank you so much!!!

VickieCollins3

Thank you

KimHartfiel

Thank you. This explains a lot.

EstherDiamond

Thanks so very much.

La BarberaStephenJoseph4

THIS IS WONDERFUL ...THANK YOU SO MUCH

EileenAdams2

Thank you very much . At last I can understand something that I am always getting confused about

Samuel Asempapa

Thank you alot,I really know what to do so thank you alot

VickiMathey

Thank you for sharing this information. My life just got a little easier.

michael netter

Thank You Jessica. God Bless You and Your Family😇

Betty Brent Massalsky

I have been so confused by this. Thank you for your work in helping so many of us get a better understanding.

Kobryner

What do you call a relative from a first cousin marriage? I'll simplify the relationship to make it easier than the real one.

My uncle marries his first cousin. Their child on the father's side is my first cousin, but on the mother's side is my second cousin.

PeterHEARN2

Thank You Jessica, this has helped family members understand how they are related, Great Work.

Pam Day Winters

Very Helpful…Thank You

BrendaWinters2

Thanks. This helps a LOT!

KimberlyJindra

Well done! Clear and precise.

Brenda Brockman

Thanks so much!

DuaneNorthrup

Thank you Jessica, this clears the fog, for a bit of sunshine ! 👍️

JenniferMader

Thank you!-

Kim Handova

Thank you, I was so confused. This will help a lot

DebbieNix2

Thank you so much for the explanation. It seems so simple now.

LyndseyTreeby

This helps a bit but I don't have any 1st cousins, my parents were both only children.

DaleNute

Finally at 81 I did a simplistic chart for a close family relationship about 6 mos ago as I have puzzled over it for years. Your work is much more elaborate and will allow me to describe a couple of "shirttail relationships" of several generations back - one somewhat famous and one somewhat notorious. Thanks for your work.