If someone at your family reunion says they are your "third cousin once removed," how are you related? When it comes to genealogy, a family tree can tell you everything you need to know about how you’re linked to the other members of your family. If you want to improve your understanding of your family line and ancestry, we’ll help you understand relationship charts and family trees.
Choose an ancestor that the two individuals have in common.
Determine the simple relationship between the ancestor and the first family member. Such as child, grandchild, great grandchild, great great grandchild.
Determine the simple relationship between the ancestor and the second family member. Again, it may be child, grandchild, great grandchild, great great grandchild.
Cross reference those simple relationships from the table below.
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