Cousin Chart
Keeping track of family
relationships can be complicated and it's sometimes hard to figure out how one
person is related to another, especially when you come upon second, third or
fourth cousins. We hope the chart below will help.
Abbreviations Used: |
CA |
Common Ancestor |
C |
Child |
GC |
Grandchild |
GGC |
Great Grandchild |
S |
Sibling
(Brother/Sister) |
N |
Niece/Nephew |
GN |
Grand Niece/Nephew |
GGN |
Great Grand
Niece/Nephew |
#C |
Cousin Relationship,
e.g., 1C = First Cousin, etc. |
#R |
# of times removed,
e.g., 4R = 4 times removed, etc. |
The box marked CA on the chart in the upper left-hand corner is the common
ancestor of two people. Identify the relationship of the first person to the
common ancestor, e.g., child, grandchild, 8th great grandchild, etc. Find that
box on the top row.
Identify the relationship of the second person to the common ancestor, e.g.,
grandchild, great grandchild, 3rd great grandchild, etc. Find that box in the
left-hand column.
Follow the column straight down from the top row and follow the row straight
across from the left-hand column. The relationship of the second person to the
first person will be the box where the two lines meet.
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
CA |
C |
GC |
GGC |
2 GGC |
3 GGC |
4 GGC |
5 GGC |
6 GGC |
7 GGC |
8 GGC |
1 |
C |
S |
N |
GN |
GGN |
2 GGN |
3 GGN |
4 GGN |
5 GGN |
6 GGN |
7 GGN |
2 |
GC |
N |
1C |
1C 1R |
1C 2R |
1C 3R |
1C 4R |
1C 5R |
1C 6R |
1C 7R |
1C 8R |
3 |
GGC |
GN |
1C 1R |
2C |
2C 1R |
2C 2R |
2C 3R |
2C 4R |
2C 5R |
2C 6R |
2C 7R |
4 |
2 GGC |
GGN |
1C 2R |
2C 1R |
3C |
3C 1R |
3C 2R |
3C 3R |
3C 4R |
3C 5R |
3C 6R |
5 |
3 GGC |
2 GGN |
1C 3R |
2C 2R |
3C 1R |
4C |
4C 1R |
4C 2R |
4C 3R |
4C 4R |
4C 5R |
6 |
4 GGC |
3 GGN |
1C 4R |
2C 3R |
3C 2R |
4C 1R |
5C |
5C 1R |
5C 2R |
5C 3R |
5C 4R |
7 |
5 GGC |
4 GGN |
1C 5R |
2C 4R |
3C 3R |
4C 2R |
5C 1R |
6C |
6C 1R |
6C 2R |
6C 3R |
8 |
6 GGC |
5 GGN |
1C 6R |
2C 5R |
3C 4R |
4C 3R |
5C 2R |
6C 1R |
7C
|
7C 1R |
7C 2R |
9 |
7 GGC |
6 GGN |
1C 7R |
2C 6R |
3C 5R |
4C 4R |
5C 3R |
6C 2R |
7C 1R |
8C |
8C 1R |
10 |
8 GGC |
7 GGN |
1C 8R |
2C 7R |
3C 6R |
4C 5R |
5C 4R |
6C 3R |
7C 2R |
8C 1R |
9C |
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