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Glenister family tree relationships

How are we related?

Working it out

The relationship between members of a family tree can sometimes be confusing or difficult to determine. But there are some simple rules which can be summarised and applied using a simple technique.

If you want to find the relationship between two people - the subject and a relative - follow these steps using the table below:

Starting from the subject, work up the tree until you reach an ancestor in common with the relative.
Then starting from the common ancestor, work back down the tree to the relative.
The relationship is shown at the point corresponding to the relative.

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The table

             4ggf
          /    \
          3ggf    3ggu
         /     \    \
       2ggf    2ggu 1c4r
       /    \   \ \
      ggf    ggu 1c3r 2c3r
     /    \    \   \    \
    gf    gu 1c2r 2c2r 3c2r
   /   \    \    \   \ \
f   u   1c1r 2c1r 3c1r 4c1r
/ \   \    \    \   \    \
y     s 1c   2c   3c 4c 5c
\     \   \    \    \ \
x     n  1c1r 2c1r 3c1r 4c1r
   \     \   \    \    \
    gx   gn 1c2r 2c2r 3c2r
     \     \   \    \
      ggx ggn 1c3r 2c3r
       \     \   \
        2ggx 2ggn 1c4r
         \     \
          3ggx 3ggn
           \
            4ggx

y - subject
s - sibling
f - father
gf - grandfather
ggf - great grandfather
2ggf - great great grandfather
u - uncle
gu - grand uncle
ggu - great grand uncle
2ggu - great great grand uncle
1c - first cousin
2c - second cousin
1c1r - first cousin once removed
1c2r - first cousin twice removed

x - child
gx - grandchild
ggx - great grandchild
2gx - great great grand child
n - nephew or niece
gn - grand nephew or grand neice

An example

For example, from my own family tree:

Don Glenister was my great grandfather's brother's son - what relation is he to me?

Start with me - y
Up to greatgrandfather - ggf
Up one more to 2ggf - the common ancestor
Down to ggf's brother
Down to his son Don - 1c2r

Don was my first cousin, twice removed

       2ggf
       /    \
      ggf    ggu
     /         \
    gf        1c2r
   /
f
/
y

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