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Fiona aka Ruby

Fiona aka Ruby Report 31 Dec 2010 14:36

6th cousin.

If you share great grandparents you are second cousins; 2 greats you are third cousins, and so on. Take the number of greats and add one.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 31 Dec 2010 14:26

I use my family tree maker program to work it out but this is a good site (free) to work out relationships:

http://stevemorse.org/relation/calculator.html

Brian

Brian Report 31 Dec 2010 14:24

Ok, I have found someone who shares the same 5th great grandparents as I, so what relation is this person to me?