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Relationship Terms Explained (i.e. 1st cousin 2nd
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Mike | Report | 17 May 2006 15:07 |
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I hope someone can help. I’m having difficulty in ‘naming’ the relations in my family, with regards to the position they hold. I can name ‘grandfather, great-grandfather, great-uncle’ etc etc, but then it gets confusing. For example: My great grandfather had a brother and his brother had a son. What would the son be called? Is he my cousin or great cousin or great nephew. I’ve looked on google and found terms for first cousins, second cousins, 1st removed, cross cousins etc etc and it confuses me more. Is there a simple way of sorting it all out? Does anyone know a website that makes it easy to understand? I have a small Microsoft Word document with a short list of relations and I can email it to anyone if they think they can help. My email address is: [email protected] There are two people in the relationship list that I want to link and so far I have her down as my first cousin 7th removed. Nuts I know. Many thanks, Mike |
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