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class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 col-lg-8\" style=\"padding: 0% 1.5% 0% 3%;\">\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\">Rules For Determining The Relationship Between Two People<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\">There are many charts that show the relationships between two people. However, there are a few simple rules so that you can apply to any people.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Step 1: Find the common ancestor.<\/li>\n<li>Step 2: Determine how many generations down each person is from the common ancestor.\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Example 1: If the common ancestor is a a parent, then the number of generations is 1 for the child and 0 for the parent.<\/li>\n<li>Example 2: For first cousins, the common ancestor would be a grandparent and the number of generations would be 2 for each person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Step 3: Apply these rules in this order:\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Rule 1: If the number of generations for either person is 0, then you have a parent, grandparent, great grandparent relationship. Use the number of generations for Person 2 (the other person) to determine the specific relationship.\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>If generations = 1, then Person 1 is the parent of Person 2 and Person 2 is the child of Person 1.<\/li>\n<li>If generations &gt; 1, then Person 1 is the X great grandparent&nbsp; of Person 2&nbsp; and Person 2 is the X great grandchild of Person 1 where the number of \u201cgreats\u201d is equal to Person 2\u2019s generations minus 2. <span id=\"u85683-27\">Note: For grandparents\/grandchild this value will be 0.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rule 2: If the number of generations is 1 for either person, then you have an sibling or an aunt\/uncle and niece\/nephew relationship. Use the number of generations for Person 2 to determine the specific relationship.\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>If 1, then the people are siblings<\/li>\n<li>If &gt;1, then Person 1 is the great aunt\/uncle of Person 2 and Person 2 is the great niece\/nephew of Person 1 where the number of \u201cgreats\u201d is equal to Person 2\u2019s generations minus 2.&nbsp; <span id=\"u85683-39\">Note: For aunts\/uncles this value will be 0.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rule 3: If the number of generations is greater than 1 for both people, then you have a cousin relationship. The number of generations will determine the specific relationship.\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>The people&nbsp; are X cousins Y times removed where X is equal to the number of generations for the person with the least number of generations minus one and Y is the difference between the number of generations for Person 1 and Person 2.&nbsp; <span id=\"u85683-48\">Note: When the number of generations are the same, there are 0 removed and the two people are simply X cousins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"u85683-50\">Note: Typically X cousins are referred to using ordinal numbers (E.g. 1 becomes 1st, 2 becomes 2nd, etc.)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/\">\u2190Return to Main<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/tipsandtricks-main\/tipsandtricks-searching\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190Return to Main Read Next\u2192 Determining Relationships &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rules For Determining The Relationship Between Two People There are many charts that show the relationships between two people. 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