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Please can you tell me what relation to me would my mother's first cousin be? Thanks Thelma

first cousin once removed

Sorry Andrea Think you're wrong there - would be second cousin, their children would be cousins once removed Looby

Thank you ladies but who is right please? Thanks Thelma

First cousin once removed, according to Family Tree Maker's relationship calculator. Sam x

Andrea is right - first cousin once removed! Do a google search under 'chart for determining relationships' you will find a very useful table you can use to work out how you are related to someone. There's a copy in my family tree research folder! :-)

First cousin once removed is right. Your mother's first cousin's child would be your second cousin. Regards Stan

See here for a chart that explains it easily(?). http://home.triad.rr(.)com/zanetti/chart2.html

First cousin once removed according to my family tree legends program !

Oooops, I misread the question. Yes it is 1st cousin once removed. Her children would be your 2nd cousins.

What I do is write down Mum Cousin Me Child 1 Child x Child 2 The first level are fist cousins, the 2nd level are 2nd cousins, 3rd level are 3rd cousins. When there is one step in level between the 2 people, e.g. Cousin and me, then it is once removed. 2 steps eg Cousin and child x is first cousin twice removed. Between Me and Child 2 would be 2nd cousin once removed. Hope you can understand what I mean.

Thank you to everybody who has helped me with this, it just shows what nice people there are on GR. Thelma

Its a nightmare trying to fix it in your mind, whatever way works for you!!!! The tables you can find just require that you identify a common ancestor of the two people concerned - not too bad if you're looking at a copy of your family tree :-)

Thelma you're welcome! It's nice to be able to 'return the favour' for someone - i posted a question earlier about a couple of dead ends I'd come across and within a few mins several people with time on their hands and subscriptions to ancestry sites started posting suggestions!!!!