Someone who's good with family names? <span title="great/2nd/grand/uncle/thrice">great/2nd/grand/uncle/thr...</span> removed etc.?

Question

1- my father's father's uncle was murdered by the bolsheviks: what is he to me? (as in great/grand/uncle what?)

2- my mother's grandmother's mother's brother: what is he to me?

3- my father's father's cousin?

4- my father's father's sister's daughter?

5- previous person's children?

6- my dad's mother's brother's daughter?

7- previous person's sons?

8- my grandmother's uncle?

it looks pretty confusing, if you know just one/a few I'd appreciate it!

Answer 1

Here is the url for a cousin calculator - not sure if it will help.

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

My brain would go into meltdown if I had to work all those out.

:D

Answer 2

1.  great-great-uncle or great-grand-uncle

2.  great-great-great-uncle or great-great-grand-uncle

3.  If you mean FIRST cousin, then that person is your first cousin twice removed.

4.  first cousin once removed (and your father&#039;s first cousin)

5.  your second cousins

6.  same as 4

7.  same as 5

8.  same as 1

Answer 3

Work out what they are to the person &quot;up&quot; from you and add greats or removeds.

1- my father&#039;s father&#039;s uncle

your father&#039;s father&#039;s uncle

your father&#039;s 1st great uncle

your 2nd great uncle.

2- my mother&#039;s grandmother&#039;s mother&#039;s brother: what is he to me?

mother&#039;s grandmother&#039;s  uncle

mother&#039;s mother&#039;s 1st great uncle

mother&#039;s 2nd great uncle

your 3rd great uncle

3- my father&#039;s father&#039;s cousin?

Your father&#039;s cousin one time removed.

Your cousin 2 times removed.

(You didn&#039;t say 1st, 2nd or 3rd, but you keep the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and add removeds.)

4- my father&#039;s father&#039;s sister&#039;s daughter?

Father&#039;s 1st cousin

Your 1st cousin once removed (1C1R)

5- previous person&#039;s children?

Your second cousins. Children of 1C are 2C.

6- my dad&#039;s mother&#039;s brother&#039;s daughter?

mother&#039;s brother&#039;s daughter = niece to dad&#039;s mother

dad&#039;s 1C

Your 1C1R

7- previous person&#039;s sons?

Second cousins to you

8- my grandmother&#039;s uncle?

Your mother&#039;s 1st great uncle

your 2nd great uncle