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:
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CA
|
Common
Ancestor
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C
|
Child
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GC
|
Grandchild
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GGC
|
Great
Grandchild
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S
|
Sibling
(Brother/Sister)
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N
|
Niece/Nephew
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GN
|
Grand
Niece/Nephew
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GGN
|
Great
Grand Niece/Nephew
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#C
|
Cousin
Relationship, e.g., 1C = First Cousin, etc.
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#R
|
#
of times removed, e.g., 4R = 4 times removed, etc.
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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
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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0
|
CA
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C
|
GC
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GGC
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2
GGC
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3
GGC
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4
GGC
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5
GGC
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6
GGC
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7
GGC
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8
GGC
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1
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C
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S
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N
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GN
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GGN
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2
GGN
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3
GGN
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4
GGN
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5
GGN
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6
GGN
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7
GGN
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2
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GC
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N
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1C
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1C
1R
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1C
2R
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1C
3R
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1C
4R
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1C
5R
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1C
6R
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1C
7R
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1C
8R
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3
|
GGC
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GN
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1C
1R
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2C
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2C
1R
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2C
2R
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2C
3R
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2C
4R
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2C
5R
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2C
6R
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2C
7R
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4
|
2
GGC
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GGN
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1C
2R
|
2C
1R
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3C
|
3C
1R
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3C
2R
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3C
3R
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3C
4R
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3C
5R
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3C
6R
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5
|
3
GGC
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2
GGN
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1C
3R
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2C
2R
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3C
1R
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4C
|
4C
1R
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4C
2R
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4C
3R
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4C
4R
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4C
5R
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6
|
4
GGC
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3
GGN
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1C
4R
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2C
3R
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3C
2R
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4C
1R
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5C
|
5C
1R
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5C
2R
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5C
3R
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5C
4R
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7
|
5
GGC
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4
GGN
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1C
5R
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2C
4R
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3C
3R
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4C
2R
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5C
1R
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6C
|
6C
1R
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6C
2R
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6C
3R
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8
|
6
GGC
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5
GGN
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1C
6R
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2C
5R
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3C
4R
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4C
3R
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5C
2R
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6C
1R
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7C
|
7C
1R
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7C
2R
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9
|
7
GGC
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6
GGN
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1C
7R
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2C
6R
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3C
5R
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4C
4R
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5C
3R
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6C
2R
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7C
1R
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8C
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8C
1R
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10
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8
GGC
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7
GGN
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1C
8R
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2C
7R
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3C
6R
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4C
5R
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5C
4R
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6C
3R
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7C
2R
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8C
1R
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9C
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Submitted
by Rod McDonald
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