One of most common issues in genealogy is to understand the relationship between two people in a family. For example, most people are familiar with the concept of a sibling (brother or sister) and a cousin, but what exactly is a second cousin twice removed?
In this article, we will answer this question by providing a method to determine the relationship between any two people in a family tree. We also include a convenient relationship chart that you can print out and keep for your records.
In most cultures, extended family members interact with each other. For example, guests at a wedding are often distant relatives of the bride or groom. Similarly, witnesses on a marriage license are also often distant relatives. These are the kinds of records people come across when tracing their ancestors. Knowledge of how people are related to each other can provide useful clues when looking at such records.
The easiest way to determine how two people are related to each other is to use what is formally known as a canon law relationship chart, but what is more commonly referred to as a Family Tree Relationship Chart. GenealogyInTime Magazine has created one below for your use.
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