Hi Jim If you google relationship chart you will find oodles of them If you are the same generations from the common ancestor you will be cousins, each time there is a generation difference (you are g.g.g.grandson, they are g.g.grandson) there will be difference in the relationship, ie once removed See http://www.obliquity.com/family/misc/cousin.html Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/06/2012 13:16, Jim Tarbet wrote: > I Thought I had an understanding of cousins and their relationship to > me, but apparently, I'm wrong! > My software, My Heritage, calculates the relationship of every person in > my database. However, I don't think I understand how > they come up with the "Once Removed, Twice Removed" part of their > description. > EG: > I found a new cousin the other day whose name is Karla, Karla is my 6th > cousin. > Karla's father, Roy, as you would expect, is my 5th cousin, but Once > Removed. Why is he "Once Removed"? > Karla's children are my 6th cousins, Once Removed. Why are they not my > 7th cousins? > > It gets worse! > Karla's grandfather is my 4th cousin, "Twice Removed". > And her great Grandfather is my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. > > All of these people share the same grand parents, 3, 4, 5, or 6 > generations back. So why are some of them Once, Twice, or 3 times > Removed? Instead of all of them being just cousins? > Very confusing! > > I hope someone on this list can explain this "Removed" part of > relationships to me in plain English. > > Jim

I need to Google the relationship chart too. I use Family Tree Maker and I was surprised to see the term "Grand Aunt" and not "Great Aunt." The only place I see Great is with grandfather or grandmother. I can see how it would sound odd to have a grand grandmother. Gale Gorman Houston On Jun 14, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: Hi Jim If you google relationship chart you will find oodles of them If you are the same generations from the common ancestor you will be cousins, each time there is a generation difference (you are g.g.g.grandson, they are g.g.grandson) there will be difference in the relationship, ie once removed See http://www.obliquity.com/family/misc/cousin.html Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/06/2012 13:16, Jim Tarbet wrote: > I Thought I had an understanding of cousins and their relationship to > me, but apparently, I'm wrong! > My software, My Heritage, calculates the relationship of every person in > my database. However, I don't think I understand how > they come up with the "Once Removed, Twice Removed" part of their > description. > EG: > I found a new cousin the other day whose name is Karla, Karla is my 6th > cousin. > Karla's father, Roy, as you would expect, is my 5th cousin, but Once > Removed. Why is he "Once Removed"? > Karla's children are my 6th cousins, Once Removed. Why are they not my > 7th cousins? > > It gets worse! > Karla's grandfather is my 4th cousin, "Twice Removed". > And her great Grandfather is my 3rd cousin 3 times removed. > > All of these people share the same grand parents, 3, 4, 5, or 6 > generations back. So why are some of them Once, Twice, or 3 times > Removed? Instead of all of them being just cousins? > Very confusing! > > I hope someone on this list can explain this "Removed" part of > relationships to me in plain English. > > Jim =====

Hi Gale This comes up from time to time In general I have found that the English almost always use Great for all except the parents of your parents (ie grandparents) whereas the US and many others around the globe use Grand Aunt (where we would say Great Aunt or Great great Aunt) That is very roughly you understand :-) The term Grand Aunt etc used to grate on my ears until I looked into the origins some years back, I was surprised to find it was another English export that then fell out of favour at home Most of the family tree software suppliers, if not American are aimed at that market, hence use Grand Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/06/2012 14:20, Gale Gorman wrote: > I need to Google the relationship chart too. I use Family Tree Maker and I was surprised to see the term "Grand Aunt" and not "Great Aunt." The only place I see Great is with grandfather or grandmother. I can see how it would sound odd to have a grand grandmother. > > Gale Gorman > Houston