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).

If anyone is interested in a downloadable version of this chart (probably as a PDF) notify the and, in a day or two, one will be made available here on the Web Site, and/or emailed to you if you so request.

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