I recently had a phone call from my friend Kay wanting to know how you figure out the first cousin once removed puzzle. She wanted to know what the removed part meant. I have made a chart here to help you figure this out. Assume you have one set of parents that have a son and a daughter. This son and daughter both marry and have one child in each generation. I'm giving them names to make it easier to figure out the relationships to each other. Please let me know if I made a mistake.
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"Adam" Father |
"Eve" Mother |
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"Jack" Son of Adam & Eve Bro of Jill Uncle to Jill's children |
"Jill" Dau of Adam & Eve Sis of Jack Aunt to Jack's children |
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"Bill" Gr Son of Adam & Eve Son of Jack & wife Nephew of Jill 1st Cousin of Betty |
"Betty" Gr Dau of Adam & Eve Dau of Jill & husb Niece of Jack 1st Cousin of Bill |
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"Dan" Gr Gr Son of Adam & Eve Gr Son of Jack & wife Son of Bill & wife 1st cousin once removed of Betty 2nd cousin of Ann |
"Ann" Gr Gr Dau of Adam & Eve Gr Dau of Jill & husb Dau of Betty & husb 1st cousin once removed of Bill 2nd cousin of Dan |
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"John" Gr Gr Gr Son of Adam & Eve Gr Gr Son of Jack & wife Gr Son of Bill & wife Son of Dan & wife 1st cousin twice removed of Betty 2nd cousin once removed of Ann 3rd Cousin of Sue |
"Sue" Gr Gr Gr Dau of Adam & Eve Gr Gr Dau of Jill & husb Gr Dau of Betty & husb Dau of Ann & husb 1st cousin twice removed of Bill 2nd cousin once removed of Dan 3rd cousin of John |