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Is a great grandchild considered a descendant of their great grandparent?
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What are descendants?
Descendants are relatives of a person that down from one generation to the next. Parent to child to grandchild to great-grandchild. As you can see, the direction is a descending one. This is best illustrated using the standard family tree depiction of a person's relatives. A person's children and grandchildren and so on are shown one below the other in a descending direction. The opposite of a descendant is an ascendant. This is a person's parent, grandparent, great-grandparent and on in an ascending order.
When two persons have great-grandparents who were brother and sister how are they related?
First cousins are relatives who have the same grandparent. Second cousins are relatives who have the same great grandparent Third cousins are relatives who share the same great great grandparent. If you and a relative have great grandparents who were brother and sister, then you share a great great grandparent, and are third cousins.
What relation is your grandmother's niece to you?
According to the table at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/chart.html Your common ancestor is your Great grandparent (you are their Great grandchild - Row 3). Your Grandmother's niece/nephew is their brother/sisters child making them your Great grandparent's grandchild (column 2). This makes you grandmother's niece/nephew your First Cousin once removed
Are second cousins once removed the same as fourth cousins?
Second cousin once removed are not at all like fourth cousins. With second cousins once removed, the two people have common ancestor. That ancestor is great grandparent of one and the great great grandparent of the other. Fourth cousins are the great great grandchildren of siblings, so they have a great great great grandparent in common.
What relationship would my first cousin's child be to my grandchild?
They would be second cousins, once removed. The descent is from a common ancestor. Thus 1st cousins share a grandparent as a common ancestor. 2nd cousins share a great-grandparent as an ancestor. If the descent from the common ancestor is not an equal number of generations, the inequality is expressed as 'removed' from the oldest generation being compared.
What does it mean to be a fourth cousin?
If someone is your fourth cousin, their great great grandparent was a brother or sister of your great great grandparent.
Is your great great cousin your second cousin once removed?
Standard English has no relationship called "great cousin" or "great great cousin."Your second cousin once removed is either:the great grandchild of a sibling of your grandparent, orthe grandchild of a sibling of your great grandparent.
How is your grandaughter related to your sisters great grandchild?
Your child and your sister's child share a common grandparent and are first cousins. Your grandchild and your sister's grandchild share a common great grandparent and are second cousins. There is a generation out of synch, so they would be second cousins once removed.
What are you to your great grandfather's sister's great grandmother?
This is a nonsense question - because your great grandfather and his sister share the same grandmother, so there is no need to introduce the sister into the question You------------great great great grandchild father--------------- great great grandchild grandfather ---------------great grandchild great grandfather ----------------grandchild great grandfather's mother ----- daughter great grandfather's grandmother
What are descendants?
Descendants are relatives of a person that down from one generation to the next. Parent to child to grandchild to great-grandchild. As you can see, the direction is a descending one. This is best illustrated using the standard family tree depiction of a person's relatives. A person's children and grandchildren and so on are shown one below the other in a descending direction. The opposite of a descendant is an ascendant. This is a person's parent, grandparent, great-grandparent and on in an ascending order.
What is third cousins?
First cousins' grandchildren are third cousins to each other.
What is the difference between first cousins and second cousins?
First cousins are the children of your aunt or uncle (the children of your parent's siblings). Second cousins are the grandchildren of your great aunts and great uncles (the siblings of your grandparents).
Who would be your second cousin twice removed?
Your second cousin, twice removed, is the grandchild of your second cousin (the great great grandchild of your great aunt or great uncle) or the second cousin of your grandparent.
Why is the word great in great uncle?
Your great-n uncle is either the brother of your great-(n-1) grandparent, OR the husband of the sister of your great-(n-1) grandparent, where 'n' represents the number of 'greats.' For example, your great great great great uncle (n=4) is the brother of your great-great-great grandparent or the husband of the sister of your great-great-great grandparent (i.e. your great great great great aunt's husband).
Who are third degree cousins?
Third cousins are people who have the same great-great-grandparent. (Incorrect look below for the revision)AnswerNo offense, but the answer above is incorrect. A third cousin shares the same great grandparent. I have many third cousins whom I am very close with, and they are the children of my mom's first cousin (who are my second cousin).
Who would be your cousin?
Anyone who is descended from the brother or sister of one of your direct ancestors (parent, grand parent, great grandparent, etc.) is your cousin. Your first cousin is the child of your aunt or uncle. Your second cousin is the grandchild of your great aunt or great uncle (sibling of your grandparent). And so on.
What is the difference between nieces and cousins?
Your niece is the daughter of your brother or sister.Your first cousin is the child of your parent's brother or sister.Your second cousin is the grandchild of your grandparent's brother or sister.Your third cousin is the great grandchild of your great grandparent's brother or sister.
