| RELATIONSHIP CHART | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| COMMON | SON/ | GRAND- | GREAT | G-G | G-G-G | 4G | 5G | 6G | 7G | |
| ANCESTOR | DAUGHTER | SON | GRANDSON | GRANDSON | GRANDSON | GRANDSON | GRANDSON | GRANDSON | GRANDSON | |
| 1 | SON/ | BROTHER/ | NEPHEW/ | GRAND | GREAT | G-G | G-G-G | 4G | 5G | 6G |
| DAUGHTER | SISTER | NIECE | NEPHEW | GRANDNEPHEW | GRANDNEPHEW | GRANDNEPHEW | GRANDNEPHEW | GRANDNEPHEW | GRANDNEPHEW | |
| 2 | GRANDSON | NEPHEW/ | 1ST | 1st COUSIN | 1st COUSIN | 1st COUSIN | 1st COUSIN | 1st COUSIN | 1st COUSIN | 1st COUSIN |
| NIECE | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | 5 REMOVED | 6 REMOVED | 7 REMOVED | ||
| 3 | GREAT | GRAND | 1st COUSIN | 2nd | 2nd COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN |
| GRANDSON | NEPHEW | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | 5 REMOVED | 6 REMOVED | |
| 4 | G-G | GREAT | 1st COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 3rd | 3rd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN |
| GRANDSON | GRANDNEPHEW | 2 REMOVED | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | 5 REMOVED | |
| 5 | G-G-G | G-G | 1st COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 4th | 4th Cousin | 4th Cousin | 4th Cousin | 4th Cousin |
| GRANDSON | GRANDNEPHEW | 3 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | |
| 6 | 4G | 3G | 1st COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 4th COUSIN | 5th | 5th COUSIN | 5th COUSIN | 5th COUSIN |
| GRANDSON | GRANDNEPHEW | 4 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | |
| 7 | 5G | 4G | 1st COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 4th COUSIN | 5th COUSIN | 6th | 6th COUSIN | 6th COUSIN |
| GRANDSON | GRANDNEPHEW | 5 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | |
| 8 | 6G | 5G | 1st COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 4th COUSIN | 5th COUSIN | 6th COUSIN | 7th | 7th COUSIN |
| GRANDSON | GRANDNEPHEW | 6 REMOVED | 5 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | 1 REMOVED | |
| 9 | 7G | 6G | 1st COUSIN | 2nd COUSIN | 3rd COUSIN | 4th COUSIN | 5th COUSIN | 6th COUSIN | 7th COUSIN | 8th |
| GRANDSON | GRANDNEPHEW | 7 REMOVED | 6 REMOVED | 5 REMOVED | 4 REMOVED | 3 REMOVED | 2 REMOVED | 1 REMOVED | COUSIN | |
| INSTRUCTIONS | EXAMPLE | |||||||||
| 1. Identify the common ancestor of the two people. | 1. The Common Ancestor is MARY RIVERS. | |||||||||
| Locate the box in the upper left corner for the | 2. RENE PIRTLE is the Great Grandson of Mary, - | |||||||||
| common ancestor. | three generations away from her. Read down | |||||||||
| 2. Across the top row of the chart, find the relation- | to column #3. | |||||||||
| ship of one of the two people to their common | 3. WENDELL PURCHASE is the Grandson of | |||||||||
| ancestor. | MARY RIVERS, two generations away from her. | |||||||||
| 3. Down the left edge of the chart, find the relation- | Read across to row #2. | |||||||||
| ship of second person to their common ancestor. | 4. Column #2 and row #3 intersect at the box which | |||||||||
| 4. Read down the column of the first person and | reads "1st Cousin, 1 Removed", or first cousin one | |||||||||
| across the chart on the row of the second | generation removed. Rene and Wendell are | |||||||||
| person. Where the two rows intersect is the | FIRST COUSINS ONCE REMOVED. | |||||||||
| box which identifies their relationship. | ||||||||||
| ABBREVIATIONS | ||||||||||
| G-G Great-Great | ||||||||||
| G-G-G Great-Great-Great | ||||||||||
| 4G Great-Great-Great-Great | ||||||||||
| Etc. | ||||||||||
| Removed (Generations Removed) | ||||||||||