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relatives

moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:50:34 GMT

If my grandfather's younger sister (Sara) has a son(Mark), who has a son(David), who has a daughter(Emma), what are their relationships to me?

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moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:52:26 GMT

Basically, what do I call people who are on a different branch of the family tree?

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2106greencat — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:04:08 GMT

4th Cousin ??

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moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:09:09 GMT

I thought the term 'cousin' was only reserved for children of my direct aunts and uncles ie. my mum or dad's brothers and sisters. My aunts and uncles are on the same branch of the family tree(just like my mum, dad and grandparents).

But my grandparent's brothers and sisters are on a different branch, right?

So are Sara, Mark, David and Emma all my cousins?

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happyroo_bunji — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:14:42 GMT

4th Cousin ??

Yep, 4th cousins

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chuk_77 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:14:56 GMT

Sara is your great aunt if I've done it right

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moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:18:36 GMT

So any brother or sister of my grandfather has the word 'great' attached, and any of of their descendants are my cousins, with the numbering depending on how far they are from the "great" person(the 'great' person being #1?

So Sarah is my great aunt and Emma is my 4th cousin??

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moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:19:26 GMT

And David is my 3rd cousin?

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happyroo_bunji — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:20:07 GMT

I thought the term 'cousin' was only reserved for children of my direct aunts and uncles ie. my mum or dad's brothers and sisters. My aunts and uncles are on the same branch of the family tree(just like my mum, dad and grandparents).

But my grandparent's brothers and sisters are on a different branch, right?

So are Sara, Mark, David and Emma all my cousins?

Mark, David and Emma are on a different branch, but Sara is conected to you through your grandfather. Because Mark, David and Emma are connected to Sara, that means they are related to you

Sara is your great aunt.

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happyroo_bunji — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:20:55 GMT

yes to both posts 6 & 7

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moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:24:18 GMT

So my great aunt is actually my 1st cousin? Ok, got it thanks for the replies. 🙂

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daydream**believer — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:25:42 GMT

"what do I call people who are on a different branch of the family tree?"

relatives

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happyroo_bunji — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:27:08 GMT

So my great aunt is actually my 1st cousin?

No, she is your great aunt.

1st cousins are the children of your parents siblings

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green.fields — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:44:49 GMT

These relationships are tricky to work out but I'll give it a go.

Sara is your great aunt

Mark is a 1st cousin once removed

David is a 2nd cousin

Emma is a 2nd cousin once removed.

I think.lol.

Here is a link to a chart to try and work it out, it is very confusing. Your common ancestor is your grt grandfather.

http://www.iarelative.com/charts/

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flashie* — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:55:19 GMT

1st cousin three times removed.

It is how many generations back to the common ancestor.

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flashie* — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:57:54 GMT

Grandfather....

Sarah.....great/grand aunt.

Mark......first cousin.

David..........first cousin.....once removed.

Emma.....first cousin....twice removed.

Emmas chld...............first couisn.....three times removed.

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green.fields — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:25:54 GMT

I still think what I had is correct, mind you it can drive you crazy trying to work these things out. here's another link, might be easier to read. Use you grt grandfather as a starting point.

http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Relationships-in-Your-Family-Tree-(Genealogy)

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green.fields — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:29:07 GMT

Oh and scrub the "great" on Sara, that should be grand, can't read my own writing.:-D

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moonlyte — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:18:36 GMT

Thanks for all the replies.

The only question I have left is: Is kissing your second cousin less evil than kissing your first cousin? ]:)

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happyroo_bunji — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:31:52 GMT

Well if you are an executioner in France, you had special dispensation to marry your first cousin, so are you an executioner? ]:)