Cousin Chart—Family Relationships Explained • • FamilySearch Blog

WilliamLivingston1

Bravo, well done!

Andy Brennan

Thank you for this

A. Forte

Thank you for this information. It get so confusing at times!

Thx

Alison

JohnStephenson14

Thanks Jessica for that lnformation, you have saved a lot of brain strain for this old man.👍

ChambersCheryl Lee

Thx I appreciate the explanation of the 1x removed.

JaniceSawitoski

Jessica thanks that was a great explanation of our generations. Jan

Robert Koffman

I gave up years ago trying to figure this out.

Now at reunions I will be able to know who is belongs to who.

Thank you

GaryClark199

How splendid to have this easy-to-follow guide to the mystery of our cousins. Thank you very much, kind regards.

JaniceHardison1

Thanks so much for this explanation!

Sandy betts_1

Thank you I now know what once, twice removed means, very helpful!

CorineW. Kimpson

thanks

CarylonPavlacka

This is one of the best explanations I have seen! Thank you!

CDebbie55

Thank You for explaining, this is very helpful.

GeraldGore

Thanks for simplifying the once or twice removed cousin. I had wondered the meaning.

Nicoll, Steven Todd

Thank You-Most important to remember is that we are of one family and children of God.

Ted Sarah

Thanks!

DONeal1

{note this is my second post, so it may be duplicated, don’t know what happed to my first post}

Looks great, I made one years ago using Family Tree Maker software. I made a new tree and called it “cousin chart.” In the Name fields I inserted the words; You, Parent, Grandparent, Great grandparent, Etc. I continued until I had all the associated words (cousin, 1st cousin, 2nd cousin and so on) in their approximate name fields. Then just printed out the charted I wanted. FTM had other options such as you could insert background pictures (such as a tree) You could also make the boxes different shapes and colors. You could print different types ascending, descending, fan etc. you could print it the in any number of generations you want or even print it in portrait or landscape. Sound like this is complicated but it was really easy to do.

MichaelGodwin

Thank you for this article. It was very helpful and explaining the once and twice removed concept for me.

Jill CampbellArmstrong Searson

Thank you for a much clearer understanding!!!!!

larainefell

THANKS SO MUCH FOR EXPlAINING THE TERMS FOR US AS i ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO BE ONCE REMOVED AND SO ON. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

AnnMarieHill

Thank you Jessica for providing a chart which I can explain to others how we are related. Having something they can see will help them understand how we are related. It will also be a benefit to those who I help get them started on their family tree.

I enjoy all the different articles and hints. Keep up the great work at Family Search.

THANK YOU

"Keeper of The Family Trees" 🕵️‍♀️

LauraGuerrieroGollon

This is amazingly helpful. Thank you so much!

Watoosh

Thank you this helps

AkashaLonsdale-Deighton

Very helpful Jessica. Thank you!

Jim McAlister

Very helpful thank you for the information

Daniel Aleman

Great job on illustrating how this works. Very informative. Thank you!

Leola W. Henrie

Thank you, I do understand the language better now!

Roy Tarbox

Thank you this chart is great I always wondered how to tell which cousin is which.

Tom348

Thanks for the info. Family Search is a great web sight. Combining it with Tribal Pages it is a big help in keeping my Family Tree up to date and accurate.

AliciaT

A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with family members about cousinship and we were confused. This amazing chart clarifies the issue, and I will forward it to them. Thank you so much.