Regarding geneology, what does it mean when someone is once or twice 'removed'?

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Regarding geneology, what does it mean when someone is once or twice 'removed'?

Answer 1

This chart may help.

http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrela...

Answer 2

This chart may help:

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=V...

"Removed" is the term used when 2 people who are cousins do not fall into the same generation.  To determine what cousin you are to someone, you have to start with the ancestor that you and that person have in common.  Example, 2 people who have the same grandparents are first cousins.  2 people who have the same great-grandparents are 2nd cousins.  Removed is when (for example) the person who is your grandparent is the other person's great-grandparent.  You and that person have the same common ancestor, but you are not the same generation from that ancestor.  So in the example given here of your grandparent being another person's great-grandparent makes that other person your first cousin once removed.

Answer 3

"removed" means in a different generation.

See:  http://www.rushings.info/images/kinships...