Hi List In trying to get my kids to understand how an English ancestor and we are connected---- I have made contact with a party in Barnsley---from what we both have discovered---her 2 great grandfather and my Great grandfather were brothers--how are we connected--she would be my ???---and I would be her ???--can anyone fill in the question marks-----also how would she be connected with my kids Sure hope someone can figure this out for me My Regards Richard------in cold and snowy Western Pennsylvania ---USA

Hi Richard Try this http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/cousincalculator.html Hope it helps! Regards from snowy and cold Buckinghamshire, England Sally ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:49:02 -0500 > Subject: [WRY] WONDERING??? > > Hi List > In trying to get my kids to understand how an English ancestor and we are > connected---- > > I have made contact with a party in Barnsley---from what we both have > discovered---her 2 great grandfather and my Great grandfather were > brothers--how are we connected--she would be my ???---and I would be her > ???--can anyone fill in the question marks-----also how would she be > connected with my kids > > Sure hope someone can figure this out for me > My Regards > Richard------in cold and snowy Western Pennsylvania ---USA > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

At 22:49 05/01/2010, you wrote: >I have made contact with a party in Barnsley---from what we both have >discovered---her 2 great grandfather and my Great grandfather were >brothers--how are we connected--she would be my ???---and I would be her >???--can anyone fill in the question marks-----also how would she be >connected with my kids Hi Richard I had a similar issue when I started - it's not always clear. If you just want a relationship calculator, there are plenty about, but I wrote one so I understood how it worked - feel free to try it: http://www.ancestryhost.org/andymick/couscalcintro.htm Your great grandfather was brother to the other branch, so your most recent common ancestor is your great great grandfather. So you and her father (being on the same generation) are 3rd cousins. She is however one generation further away from the MRCA so you and she are 3rd cousins once removed. HTH Andy. In cold and snowy Derbyshire.

If I understand you correctly, this is your relationship with your new-found kin ... 2GGF brothers GGF GGF GF GF F F you her your children I've always understood that the number of generations different (in your case - 1) is the number of times 'removed'. Then the postition of cousins is the number of *shared* generations back to the sibling link - in your case - 3 So you and she are "3rd cousins once removed". Your children, however, will be straightforward "4th cousins" (as they and she are the same generation. I have to admit that it took me a long time to get to grips with working out relationships. I find that tables are clear but don't explain how the relationship is worked out. Heather (fron snowy east anglia) RICHARD SCALES wrote: > Hi List > In trying to get my kids to understand how an English ancestor and we are > connected---- > > I have made contact with a party in Barnsley---from what we both have > discovered---her 2 great grandfather and my Great grandfather were > brothers--how are we connected--she would be my ???---and I would be her > ???--can anyone fill in the question marks-----also how would she be > connected with my kids > > Sure hope someone can figure this out for me > My Regards > Richard------in cold and snowy Western Pennsylvania ---USA > > >