{"id":2621,"date":"2016-06-09T07:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T12:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geneosity.com\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2020-03-05T13:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:51:17","slug":"third-cousin-removed-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geneosity.com\/third-cousin-removed-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Cousin Once Removed? How do I know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first questions I get asked, when people find out of my interest in genealogy is \u201cwhat about all that cousins first removed stuff\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes that is not a simple answer. But for you readers, help is just a click away.<\/p>\n<p>The internet has many charts that show family relationships. Below I have links to a few of my favorites.<\/p>\n<p>To use a family <a href=\"https:\/\/geneosity.com\/relationship-chart\/\">relationship chart<\/a>, you need to find a common ancestor between two people. The chart will give you directions to follow to find the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few notes of interest to help you along this, sometimes confusing, journey.<\/p>\n<h2>Third Cousin, Second Cousin, First Cousin Defined<\/h2>\n<p>First cousin is the child of my aunt and uncle or people in my family who have the same grandparents as me.<\/p>\n<p>Second cousins have the same great grandparents as me, but not the same grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>Third cousins have the same great great grandparents, etc\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And so on!<\/p>\n<h2>What Does Once Removed Mean?<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s common to hear people say this phrase.\u00a0 So what does \u201cremoved\u201d mean? \u00a0\u00a0This indicates the number of generations I am separated from another relative from a common ancestor. \u00a0A cousin once removed means a difference of one generation.<\/p>\n<p>Check out these great family relationship charts!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familytreemagazine.com\/upload\/images\/pdf\/relationship.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Family Tree Relationship Chart<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/cousins\/charts\/?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyndi\u2019s List Kinships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iarelative.com\/charts\/rel_chart.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s All Relative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogyintime.com\/articles\/the-key-to-understanding-family-relationships-page1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genealogy in Time Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first questions I get asked, when people find out of my interest in genealogy is \u201cwhat about all that cousins first removed &#8230; <a title=\"Third Cousin Once Removed? 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