> [email protected] wrote: > > > I would like to figure out the relationship between me and a > > "cousin." Her paternal great-grandfather married my paternal > > great-grandmother's maternal aunt. The two of them raised her after > > her mother died. > > > > How are the two of us (me and the "cousin") related? > > Your common ancestors are four generations back of her and five > generations behind you. That makes you second cousins once removed. > > > How am I > > related to the uncle who raised my great-grandmother? > > This man is an uncle by marriage; he has no common bloodline with > you that you have yet referred to. (If you happened to find one, it > would also produce another kinship term for your relationship with > your cousin.) But his wife would be your great-great-great-aunt. > > > Thanks, > > Kberry <[email protected]> > > You're welcome. > > Austin W. Spencer I was going to thank everyone for their responses but now I'm confused: If the uncle isn't related to me except by marriage, how could I be second cousins once removed with his great-great granddaughter? I think I didn't make my question clear, so I'll restate it. My "cousin's" great-great grandfather married my great-great aunt. They raised my great-grandmother, the great-great aunt's niece, whose mother died. How am I related to the great-great granddaughter? How am I related to her great-great grandfather? Kberry [email protected]