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Title: Curly Cousin Question
Post by: robandcindy on Sunday 13 January 08 01:27 GMT (UK)

Ok, here's a curly question for all you experienced genealogists out there:

If my husband's great, great, great, great, great grandfather is brother to the great, great, great, great, great grandfather (ie 5 Greats on each side)  of a newly discovered family member, what is their cousinly relationship (of my husband and the other family member)?  :o

Regards
Cynthia
Brand new and stratching her head!  ???

Title: Re: Curly Cousin Question
Post by: Ecneps on Sunday 13 January 08 01:33 GMT (UK)

Hi Cynthia,

Here's a link to a chart I put on roots a while ago:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,269712.0.html

I think they are 5th cousins edit, wrong, they're 7th cousins!

Barbara  :)

Title: Re: Curly Cousin Question
Post by: stanmapstone on Sunday 13 January 08 09:00 GMT (UK)

If they are both 5th great grandsons then they are 6th cousins according to my family history program (TMG)


Stan

Title: Re: Curly Cousin Question
Post by: trish251 on Sunday 13 January 08 11:05 GMT (UK)

I always draw myself a chart of both branches & I come up with 7th cousins - their common ancestor is a 6 x g  grandfather - I have been known to be wrong (quite often  :( )

Husband                 distant rel                 7th cousins
father                      father                       6th cousins      
gfather                    gfather                     5th cousins
g gfather                 g gfather                  4th cousins
gg gf                       gg gf                         3rd cousins
ggg gf                     ggg gf                       2nd cousins
gggg gf                   gggg gf                     1st cousins
ggggg gf                 ggggg gf                   brothers

common ancestor - gggggg gf

Trish

Title: Re: Curly Cousin Question
Post by: robandcindy on Sunday 13 January 08 11:20 GMT (UK)

Hi! Thanks for your input everyone. I found a chart, and came to the conclusion that they are seventh cousins. The chart really helps to make sense of it all!

Regards
Cynthia

Title: Re: Curly Cousin Question
Post by: Ecneps on Sunday 13 January 08 11:27 GMT (UK)

You're quite right Cynthia, and Trish, 5xgtgrandsons of brothers makes them 6xgtgrandsons of the common ancestor, which makes them 7th cousins.

(very distant anyway!)
Barbara  :)