Instructions:

  1. Select two people in your family and figure out which ancestor they have in common.  For example, if you choose yourself and a first cousin, you would have a grandparent in common.
  2. Look at the top row of the chart and find the first person's relationship to the common ancestor.
  3. Look at the far left column of the chart and find the second person's relationship to the common ancestor.
  4. Move across the columns and down the rows and find where the row and column containing these two relationships (from #2 & #3) intersect.  This box contains the relationship between the two individuals.

If you need to go deeper, examining the chart should reveal the pattern, and then it can easily be extended to as many generations as you wish, in either direction (additional rows or columns).

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Common
Ancestor
Son
or
Daughter
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
2nd Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
3rd Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
4th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
5th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
6th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
7th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
Son
or
Daughter
Brother
or
Sister
Niece
or
Nephew
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
2nd Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
3rd Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
4th Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
5th Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
6th Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin 1st Cousin,
Once Removed
1st Cousin,
Twice Removed
1st Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
1st Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
1st Cousin,
Five Times
Removed
1st Cousin,
Six Times
Removed
1st Cousin,
Seven Times
Removed
Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Once Removed
2nd Cousin 2nd Cousin,
Once Removed
2nd Cousin,
Twice Removed
2nd Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Five Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Six Times
Removed
2nd Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Twice Removed
2nd Cousin,
Once Removed
3rd Cousin 3rd Cousin,
Once Removed
3rd Cousin,
Twice Removed
3rd Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
3rd Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
3rd Cousin,
Five Times
Removed
3rd Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
2nd Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Twice Removed
3rd Cousin,
Once Removed
4th Cousin 4th Cousin,
Once Removed
4th Cousin,
Twice Removed
4th Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
4th Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
4th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
3rd Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
3rd Cousin,
Twice Removed
4th Cousin,
Once Removed
5th Cousin 5th Cousin,
Once Removed
5th Cousin,
Twice Removed
5th Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
5th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
4th Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Five Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
3rd Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
4th Cousin,
Twice Removed
5th Cousin,
Once Removed
6th Cousin 6th Cousin,
Once Removed
6th Cousin,
Twice Removed
6th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
5th Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Six Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Five Times
Removed
3rd Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
4th Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
5th Cousin,
Twice Removed
6th Cousin,
Once Removed
7th Cousin 7th Cousin,
Once Removed
7th Great
Grand
Son
or
Daughter
6th Great
Grand
Niece
or
Nephew
1st Cousin,
Seven Times
Removed
2nd Cousin,
Six Times
Removed
3rd Cousin,
Five Times
Removed
4th Cousin,
Four Times
Removed
5th Cousin,
Three Times
Removed
6th Cousin,
Twice Removed
7th Cousin,
Once Removed
8th Cousin