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Ellison Cousins Calculator


Have you ever gotten your Ellison first cousins twice removed confused with your Ellison second cousins once removed? This chart attempts to explain the relationships that exist between Ellison cousins. It may be extended in either direction for as many generations as is necessary. *Key= g children=: grand children
gg children=: great grandchildren etc. Step#1: Enter common ancestor name (parent) in box 1a. Step#2:Fill in top row(1b-1f). Step#3:Fill in (2a-6a) *Note: It will have the same names as (1a-1f).Step#4: enter entry of 1b in boxes 2b-6b, only reverse the entry as it appears in 1b. Step#5: enter entry of 1c in boxes 2c-6c, only reverse the entry as it appears in 1b.Step#6: enter entry of 1d in boxes 2d-6d, only reverse the entry as it appears in 1b.Step#7: enter entry of 1e in boxes 2e-6e, only reverse the entry as it appears in 1b. Step#8: enter entry of 1f in boxes 2f-6f, only reverse the entry as it appears in 1b. *See Example


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Parent Name-
Box 1a
children-
Box 1b
g-children-
Box 1c
gg-children-
Box 1d
ggg-children-
Box 1e
gggg-children-
Box 1f
children-
Box 2a
brother/
sister-
Box 2b
nephew/
niece-
Box 2c
g-nephew/
g-niece-
Box 2d
gg-nephew/
gg-niece-
Box 2e
ggg-nephew/
ggg-niece-
Box 2f
g-children-
Box 3a
uncle/
aunt-
Box 3b
first cousin-
Box 3c
first cousin
once removed-
Box 3d
first cousin
twice removed-
Box 3e
first cousin
thrice removed-
Box 3f
gg-child-
Box 4a
g-uncle/
g-aunt-
Box 4b
first cousin
once removed-
Box 4c
second cousin-
Box 4d
second cousin
once removed-
Box 4e
second cousin
twice removed-
Box 4f
ggg-child-
Box 5a
gg-uncle/
gg-aunt-
Box 5b
first cousin
twice removed-
Box 5c
second cousin
once removed-
Box 5d
third cousin-
Box 5e
third cousin
once removed-
Box 5f
gggg-child-
Box 6a
ggg-uncle/
ggg-aunt-
Box 6b
first cousin
thrice removed-
Box 6c
second cousin
twice removed-
Box 6d
third cousin
once removed-
Box 6e
fourth cousin-
Box 6f

The parents represent the common ancestors you have with your relative. Count across the top row until you reach your generation. Now count down this column until you reach your relative's generation. This gives you your relationship to your relative. If you have only one common ancestor with your relative (perhaps this ancestor had multiple marriages), then the same chart applies but the relationships are half blood instead of full blood.

In general, the person in the first row is the ***** of the person in the first column. ***** stands for the appropriate table entry, eg. sister, uncle, second cousin, etc.

Example : Suppose I want to find out my relationship to the son of my grandmother's brother. Then the common ancestors that we share are my great-grandparents which are his grandparents. (Let`s assume a full blood relationship). Therefore, reading from the chart we find that

parents child g-child ME!
child brother/
sister
nephew/
niece
g-nephew/
g-niece
RELATIVE! uncle/
aunt
first cousin first cousin
once removed