RELATIONSHIP CHART
Use the Relationship Chart to find how you are related to another person in your family:
1. Find your relationship to the Common
Ancestor in the top row
2. Find the relationship of the other person to the Common
Ancestor in the left column
3. Where the row and the column intersect is your relationship
to that person
Common Ancestor | Child | Grandchild | Great grandchild | Great great grandchild | Great great great grandchild | Great great great great grandchild | Great great great great great grandchild | Great great great great great great grandchild | Great great great great great great great grandchild |
child | Brother / sister | Nephew / niece | grand nephew / niece | great nephew / niece | great great newphew / niece | great great great nephew / niece | great great great great nephew / niece | great great great great great nephew / niece | great great great great great great nephew / niece |
Grandchild | Nephew / niece | 1st cousin | 1st cousin, once removed | 1st cousin, twice removed | 1st cousin, thrice removed | 1st cousin, four times removed | 1st cousin, five times removed | 1st cousin, six times removed | 1st cousin, seven times removed |
Great grandchild | Grand nephew / niece | 1st cousin, once removed | 2nd cousin | 2nd cousin, once removed | 2nd cousin, twice removed | 2nd cousin, thrice removed | 2nd cousin, four times removed | 2nd cousin, five times removed | 2nd cousin, six times removed |
Great great grandchild | Great nephew / niece | 1st cousin, twice removed | 2nd cousin, once removed | 3rd cousin | 3rd cousin, once removed | 3rd cousin, twice removed | 3rd cousin, thrice removed | 3rd cousin, four times removed | 3rd cousin, five times removed |
3rd great grandchild | Great great nephew / niece | 1st cousin, thrice removed | 2nd cousin, twice removed | 3rd cousin, once removed | 4th cousin | 4th cousin, once removed | 4th cousin, twice removed | 4th cousin, thrice removed | 4th cousin, four times removed |
4th great grandchild | 3rd great nephew / niece | 1st cousin, four times removed | 2nd cousin, thrice removed | 3rd cousin, twice removed | 4th cousin, once removed | 5th cousin | 5th cousin, once removed | 5th cousin, twice removed | 5th cousin, thrice removed |
5th great grandchild | 4th great nephew / niece | 1st cousin, five times removed | 2nd cousin, four times removed | 3rd cousin, thrice removed | 4th cousin, twice removed | 5th cousin, once removed | 6th cousin | 6th cousin, once removed | 6th cousin, twice removed |
6th great grandchild | 5th great nephew / niece | 1st cousin, six times removed | 2nd cousin, five times removed | 3rd cousin, four times removed | 4th cousin, thrice removed | 5th cousin, twice removed | 6th cousin, once removed | 7th cousin | 7th cousin, once removed |
7th great grandchild | 6th great nephew / niece | 1st cousin, seven times removed | 2nd cousin, six times removed | 3rd cousin, five times removed | 4th cousin, four times removed | 5th cousin, thrice removed | 6th cousin, twice removed | 7th cousin, once removed | 8th cousin |