Thank you Howland, that makes it a bit easier. Dave On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Howlanddavisii <howlanddavi...@aol.com> wrote: > Dave: > I have sent you separately, as an attachment, the chart I think that you are > looking for. > In the meantime, here is something from Reunion Magazine last year (I have > received permission for sending this) > Howland Davis > In the August/September/October issue of Reunions Magazine, page 14, a > column by Jackie Utley from Jackson TN, a contributor to the magazine, had > this process: > Talking about ‘second cousins’ and ‘once removed’ she > said, *But what exactly do they mean, and who exactly are > they, and how the heck do you figure it out? > The best explanation I've seen involves a diagram of > relationships. > a. Start with a common grandparent. > 1) The common grandparent = X > 2) A grandchild = GC > 3) A great grandchild = GGC > 4) A great great grandchild = GGGC > 5) A great great great grand-child=GGGGC > b. Now if we line these up: > X > GC > GGC > GGGC > GGGGC > c. How many "Gs" does a GC and another GC have in > common? The answer is 1, so that they are first > cousins. > d. How many "Gs" does a GGGC and another GGGC > have in common? The answer is 3, so that makes > them third cousins. > e. What about a GC and a GGC? They have one "G" in > common, which makes them first cousins. > But, just as in math where you cross out the common > numbers and still have a remainder, you must count > the extra "Gs." The number of extra "Gs" indicates > how many times the cousins are removed. In this > case the remainder is one, so the relationship is first > cousin, once removed. > f. What about a GGGGC and a GGC? The number of > common "Gs" is two, so second cousins. The > remainder is two, so twice removed. > g. A GC and GGGGGGC? One common "G" so first > cousins, five remaining "Gs" so five times removed. > Fairly easy to figure out, right? > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >
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