For you Genealogists, my GGGGF is my cousins GGGGGF. How do we define in Genealogy terms our being cousins ?

Question

For you Genealogists, my GGGGF is my cousins GGGGGF. How do we define in Genealogy terms our being cousins ?

Answer 1

Same GF = 1st cousins

Same GGF = 2nd cousins

Same GGGF = 3rd cousins

Same GGGGF = 4th cousins

Same GGGGGF =  5th cousins

So, you and this fellow's dad are 4th cousins. He is your 4th cousin once removed, through his dad. (Change "he" to "she" and/or "dad" to "mom" if needed.) When you have children, they will be 5th cousins to this fellow. (Change "fellow" to "lady" if needed too.)

Answer 2

Cousins share grandparents, and second cousins share greatgrandparents and so on.

So that makes you 4th cousins-once-removed.

Answer 3

Here is a great article about this subject:

http://www.ancestry.com/columns/george/0...

Here is a online program just for you:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/utilit...