The Buzby Family -- An Alaska Pioneer Family

How are we related?

Are we second cousins. Third cousins twice removed? These charts and examples will show how you are related to other family members.

Cousins Calculator

Click the + and – buttons to find your relationships to your common ancestor "A". Your relationship to each other will then appear.

Relation Charts

To find how two family members are related, first determine the common ancestor. Then using the horizontal and vertical rows, find the intersection. This will tell how you are related.

For example, Alice Sims is Harry and Louisa Buzby's grandchild. I am their great-grandchild. That makes Alice and me first cousins once removed.

If only one of the grandparents is shared then we are half cousins.

Chart One

0	1	2	3	4	5	6
common ancestor	son/daughter	grandchild	great-grandchild	G-G-grandchild	G-G-G-grandchild	4th G-grandchild
son/daughter	brother/sister	nephew/niece	grand-nephew/niece	G-grand nephew/niece	G-G-grand nephew/niece	G-G-G-grand nephew/niece
grandchild	nephew/niece	1st cousin	1st cousin once removed	1st cousin twice removed	1st cousin 3X removed	1st cousin 4X removed
great-grandchild	grand nephew/niece	1st cousin once removed	2nd cousin	2nd cousin once removed	2nd cousin twice removed	2nd cousin 3X removed
G-G-grandchild	G-grand nephew/niece	1st cousin twice removed	2nd cousin once removed	3rd cousin	3rd cousin once removed	3rd cousin twice removed
G-G-G-grandchild	G-G-grand nephew/niece	1st cousin 3X removed	2nd cousin twice removed	3rd cousin once removed	4th cousin	4th cousin once removed
4G-grandchild	GGG-grand nephew/niece	1st cousin 4X removed	2nd cousin 3X removed	3rd cousin twice removed	4th cousin once removed	5th cousin

Here's another similar chart. Use whichever is easiest for you.

Chart Two

If one person's →		Grandparent	Great-grandparent	Great-great-grandparent	Great³-grandparent	Great⁴-grandparent	Great⁵-grandparent
is the other person's ↓	then they are	Grandparent	Great-grandparent	Great-great-grandparent	Great³-grandparent	Great⁴-grandparent	Great⁵-grandparent
Grandparent		1st cousins	1st cousins once removed	1st cousins twice removed	1st cousins thrice removed	1st cousins four times removed	1st cousins five times removed
Great-grandparent		1st cousins once removed	2nd cousins	2nd cousins once removed	2nd cousins twice removed	2nd cousins thrice removed	2nd cousins four times removed
Great-great-grandparent		1st cousins twice removed	2nd cousins once removed	3rd cousins	3rd cousins once removed	3rd cousins twice removed	3rd cousins thrice removed
Great³-grandparent		1st cousins thrice removed	2nd cousins twice removed	3rd cousins once removed	4th cousins	4th cousins once removed	4th cousins twice removed
Great⁴-grandparent		1st cousins four times removed	2nd cousins thrice removed	3rd cousins twice removed	4th cousins once removed	5th cousins	5th cousins once removed
Great⁵-grandparent		1st cousins five times removed	2nd cousins four times removed	3rd cousins thrice removed	4th cousins twice removed	5th cousins once removed	6th cousins

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