I'm confused. Emanuel Sylvester (my great-grandfather) had three kids. One was my grandfather, the second was another son and the third was his daughter, Grace, . Grace is the one I'm interested in. She's my grandfather's sister She had a son James. He's my first cousin, once removed, right? If so, how? If not, what is he and how? Can you please give me an example of who would be a second cousin? Just make up some names. Thanks muchly

Me wrote: > I'm confused. > > Emanuel Sylvester (my great-grandfather) had three kids. One was my > grandfather, the second was another son and the third was his daughter, > Grace, . > > Grace is the one I'm interested in. She's my grandfather's sister > > She had a son James. He's my first cousin, once removed, right? ... Yes, James and you are first cousins, once removed (he and your father share a grandfather). > > Can you please give me an example of who would be a second cousin? Just > make up some names. > ... If James had a child, named, say 'Junior', you and James would be second cousins (you would share a common great-grandfather). Yours and James' children would be third cousins (sharing a common great-great-grandfather. Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin ) gives various definitions, some people find the math formula clearest/easiest to remember.

Hi Me... I too get confused and usually rely on my wife to straighten it out. However, I've discovered another way. I create the entries in Family Tree Maker and generate a kinship report. It tells me who is 1st, 2nd, Once removed, twice removed cousins, etc. What's really neat is when one of your direct ancestors is also a cousin. Good Luck -- __________ lvMMMCCIX "Me" <me@acmewidgets.com> wrote in message news:13q1k1vklseht87@corp.supernews.com... > I'm confused. > > Emanuel Sylvester (my great-grandfather) had three kids. One was my > grandfather, the second was another son and the third was his daughter, > Grace, . > > Grace is the one I'm interested in. She's my grandfather's sister > > She had a son James. He's my first cousin, once removed, right? If so, > how? If not, what is he and how? > > Can you please give me an example of who would be a second cousin? Just > make up some names. > > Thanks muchly >

"Photon713" wrote: > I create the entries in Family Tree Maker and > generate a kinship report. It tells me who is 1st, 2nd, Once removed, > twice > removed cousins, etc. I do this with Legacy by pulling up two people in the Generate Relationship tool. Shows the line list which created the relationship also. Simple to get a quick answer. Also in Legacy, I designate a person (usually myself), and then each other person's relationship to me (if any) shows above his record on the monitor every time I go to that record for any reason. It also includes "Married to Great Grand Aunt," etc., which can be very helpful. Very nice. Donna

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:30:24 -0800, "Me" <me@acmewidgets.com> wrote: >I'm confused. > >Emanuel Sylvester (my great-grandfather) had three kids. One was my >grandfather, the second was another son and the third was his daughter, >Grace, . > >Grace is the one I'm interested in. She's my grandfather's sister > >She had a son James. He's my first cousin, once removed, right? If so, >how? If not, what is he and how? > >Can you please give me an example of who would be a second cousin? Just >make up some names. James's children would be your secodn cousins. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work) Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/famhist1.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:30:24 -0800, Me wrote: > I'm confused. Don't worry, it's our ancestors favourite game :)) > [Grace] had a son James. He's my first cousin, once removed, right? > If so, how? If not, what is he and how? > > Can you please give me an example of who would be a second cousin? > Just make up some names. Try these sites: http://www.obliquity.com/family/misc/cousin.html http://www.genealogy.com/16_cousn.html -- http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/

Me wrote: > I'm confused. > > Emanuel Sylvester (my great-grandfather) had three kids. One was my > grandfather, the second was another son and the third was his daughter, > Grace, . > > Grace is the one I'm interested in. She's my grandfather's sister > > She had a son James. He's my first cousin, once removed, right? If so, > how? If not, what is he and how? > > Can you please give me an example of who would be a second cousin? Just > make up some names. > > Thanks muchly > > Hi, Yes you have it correct, an easy way to tell is by using a drop down chart that keeps each level equal in this case if any one leg of the drop down chart is unequal the for each level it is unequal it is x times removed x being the number of levels that the leg is unequal; In this case; Progenitor = Emanual Sylvester Brothers and sisters = Grace, Robert and George 1st Cousins ( Uncles and Aunties)(James(son of Grace)) and (William son of Robert)(your father)) 2nd Cousins (Robert William(You, son of William)) 3rd Cousins As you can see in this case you are one level down form James and thus you are 1 times removed making James your 1st cousin 1 times removed. Now if you had children then they would be first cousins twice removed from James. I think I have this correct if not some one is bound to put us right on this. David