Family Relationships Chart
Keeping track of family relationships can be complicated and
it's sometimes
hard to figure out how one person is related to another, especially
when you come
upon second, third or fourth cousins. We hope the chart below will help.
Abbreviations
Used: |
CA |
Common Ancestor |
C |
Child |
GC |
Grandchild |
GGC |
Great Grandchild |
S |
Sibling (Brother/Sister) |
N |
Niece/Nephew |
GN |
Grand Niece/Nephew |
GGN |
Great Grand Niece/Nephew |
#C |
Cousin Relationship, e.g., 1C =
First Cousin, etc. |
#R |
# of times removed, e.g., 4R = 4
times removed, etc. |
- The box marked CA on the chart in the upper left-hand
corner is the common ancestor of two people.
- Identify the relationship of the first person to the common
ancestor, e.g., child, grandchild, 8th great grandchild, etc. Find that
box on the top row.
- Identify the relationship of the second person to the
common ancestor, e.g., grandchild, great grandchild, 3rd great
grandchild, etc. Find that box in the left-hand column.
- Follow the column straight down from the top row and follow
the row straight across from the left-hand column. The relationship of
the second person to the first person will be the box where the two
lines meet.
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
CA |
C |
GC |
GGC |
2 GGC |
3 GGC |
4 GGC |
5 GGC |
6 GGC |
7 GGC |
8 GGC |
1 |
C |
S |
N |
GN |
GGN |
2 GGN |
3 GGN |
4 GGN |
5 GGN |
6 GGN |
7 GGN |
2 |
GC |
N |
1C |
1C 1R |
1C 2R |
1C 3R |
1C 4R |
1C 5R |
1C 6R |
1C 7R |
1C 8R |
3 |
GGC |
GN |
1C 1R |
2C |
2C 1R |
2C 2R |
2C 3R |
2C 4R |
2C 5R |
2C 6R |
2C 7R |
4 |
2 GGC |
GGN |
1C 2R |
2C 1R |
3C |
3C 1R |
3C 2R |
3C 3R |
3C 4R |
3C 5R |
3C 6R |
5 |
3 GGC |
2 GGN |
1C 3R |
2C 2R |
3C 1R |
4C |
4C 1R |
4C 2R |
4C 3R |
4C 4R |
4C 5R |
6 |
4 GGC |
3 GGN |
1C 4R |
2C 3R |
3C 2R |
4C 1R |
5C |
5C 1R |
5C 2R |
5C 3R |
5C 4R |
7 |
5 GGC |
4 GGN |
1C 5R |
2C 4R |
3C 3R |
4C 2R |
5C 1R |
6C |
6C 1R |
6C 2R |
6C 3R |
8 |
6 GGC |
5 GGN |
1C 6R |
2C 5R |
3C 4R |
4C 3R |
5C 2R |
6C 1R |
7C |
7C 1R |
7C 2R |
9 |
7 GGC |
6 GGN |
1C 7R |
2C 6R |
3C 5R |
4C 4R |
5C 3R |
6C 2R |
7C 1R |
8C |
8C 1R |
10 |
8 GGC |
7 GGN |
1C 8R |
2C 7R |
3C 6R |
4C 5R |
5C 4R |
6C 3R |
7C 2R |
8C 1R |
9C |
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