relatives

[moonlyte]

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?

[moonlyte]

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

[2106greencat]

4th Cousin ??

[moonlyte]

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?

[happyroo_bunji]

4th Cousin ??

Yep, 4th cousins

[chuk_77]

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

[moonlyte]

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??

[moonlyte]

And David is my 3rd cousin?

[happyroo_bunji]

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.

[happyroo_bunji]

yes to both posts 6 & 7