On the top row, find the relationship of one person to the common ancestor and follow the column straight down. Find the other persons relationship to the common ancestor on the left hand column and follow that row straight across. The relationship is where the projected row & column meet.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | CA | C | GC | GGC | 2 GGC |
3 GGC |
4 GGC |
5 GGC |
6 GGC |
| 1 | C | S | N | GN | GGN | 2 GGN |
3 GGN |
4 GGN |
5 GGN |
| 2 | GC | N | 1C |
1C 1R |
1C 2R |
1C 3R |
1C 4R |
1C 5R |
1C 6R |
| 3 | GGC | GN | 1C 1R |
2C |
2C 1R |
2C 2R |
2C 3R |
2C 4R |
2C 5R |
| 4 | 2 GGC |
GGN | 1C 2R |
2C 1R |
3C |
3C 1R |
3C 2R |
3C 3R |
3C 4R |
| 5 | 3 GGC |
2 GGN |
1C 3R |
2C 2R |
3C 1R |
4C |
4C 1R |
4C 2R |
4C 3R |
| 6 | 4 GGC |
3 GGN |
1C 4R |
2C 3R |
3C 2R |
4C 1R |
5C |
5C 1R |
5C 2R |
| 7 | 5 GGC |
4 GGN |
1C 5R |
2C 4R |
3C 3R |
4C 2R |
5C 1R |
6C |
6C 1R |
| 8 | 6 GGC |
5 GGN |
1C 6R |
2C 5R |
3C 4R |
4C 3R |
5C 2R |
6C 1R |
7C |
| CA - Common Ancestor | S - Sibling (brother or sister) | ||||||||
| C - Child | N - Niece/Nephew | ||||||||
| GC - Grand Child | GN - Grand Niece/Nephew | ||||||||
| GGC - Great Grand Child | GGN - Great Grand Niece/Nephew | ||||||||
| #C - # Cousin (1C - 1st cousin, 2C - 2nd cousin, etc.) | |||||||||
| #R - # of times removed (1R - once removed, 2R - twice removed, etc.) | |||||||||