Cousins! What is a Second Cousin? DNA Cousins? Cousin Chart!

Cousins? What is a second cousin, once removed? How are you related to your DNA cousins? Is there a cousin chart to help figure that out? What about, half first cousins, half sisters, half brothers, half first cousin, once removed? In this episode we’re going to make sense of it all.

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Grouping DNA Matches on Ancestry

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0:00 Intro
1:10 What is the difference between a second cousin and a second cousin once removed?
1:41 Who is your common ancestor?
2:18 Where do half relationships come in?
3:10 How are you related? Relationship chart
3:54 How do you figure out the relationship between two different people?
4:23 DNA Cousins
4:52 Using family trees to find missing common ancestors among DNA cousins
5:26 How can we apply this to research?
6:54 Things we can do to help our search
7:51 Grouping DNA Matches on Ancestry
8:09 The G-Rule
9:31 About the Handout for this episode
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[cathyc]

Love the G rule. I always struggle with that and now it is easy! T Thank you!

[Strongpoeticmind]

I think this is a very informative video. I enjoy watching this and getting a better understanding. Unfortunately, my family and my first cousins do not feel the need to know anyone out of their immediate family.

[Gio_Vanni]

I always visualize a step pyramid with the common ancestor at the top and each successive generation on a different step. It's hard to explain to people that aren't interested in the technical aspects of genealogy. I get so many family members that say, "Oh, we're all cousins." They can't/don't want to put in five minutes effort to understand the relationships.

[josephclegg]

Some people consider a first cousin once removed "a second cousin" and they are half right; they are, but they would be second cousin to their first cousin's child. To them, their first cousin's child is their first cousin once removed and vice versa.

[terrymitchell]

I have double cousins, children from two brothers from one family marrying two sisters from another family.

[suesmothers]

Two twin grandma 2 cousin share same as I on mother father side now father's difference between

[natalie_tn]

Hi Connie, I just joined the channel and want the handout for this episode. I know the handouts are on the community tab but how do I find a handout for and older episode like this one?

[danielmasters]

Thank you for the video. This is such useful information!

[mariebrown]

Thanks for the video! Recently, I put my paternal 5th great grandfather on geni.com, he was some military guy in the USA revolutionary war or something, but instead of saying he was my 5th great grandfather (which I established through ancestry.com) geni.com said he was my 17th cousin 9x removed, on my mother's side! So now I'm working on documenting on ancestry.com how my mother and father are related. Does that mean they are 17th cousins, or is there not enough information? Thank you!

[Kim-unvl]

I have a person who contacted me as a match in my DNA. He has no idea about his family, but it tells him he is my 2-3 cousin with a cN of 152 and 2% DNA on my mothers side. Do I need to check my tree for both 2nd and 3rd cousins. So that would be my G-grandfather or my GG-grandfather, on my mother side, right. Not sure how I will figure which uncle or Aunt he may belong to. Would I be able to figure that out? It does not say about cousin removed or half, so that would be direct ancestor, right. He was adopted so I can give him at least some names but I would like to find out exactly who he belongs to. Thank you so much, I have learnt so much from you. Kim

[RandomShyit]

I have no idea who is my father. I am on multiple sites, only 2-3 close matches and their trees are private. I have been looking for years, just waiting for a reply. What do I do? I have a large amount of Native American in my results, I know it comes from my dad's side, Is there a test to determine the tribe?

[pmholli]

My dad’s mother was the firstborn in her family and her mother died in childbirth. My great grandfather later married his sister-in-law. They had several more children. So my grandmother’s half siblings were also cousins on their mothers’ side. How does that change relationships as the family tree goes? For example, my dad’s first cousins were actually half first cousins and half 2nd cousins? My grandmother and her siblings shared a dad and all the same grandparents, but not the same mother.

[tinatieden]

Im so stumped !!! I need help bad. LOL I keep watching your videos about cousins and I still cant figure out who got with who. the more the merrier but its driving me crazy I cant find the connection. cousins 1-2 all over and NO names match . only the state and general area.

[lilalay]

Question, what is common ancestor of 2nd cousin 2 x removed then?

[leighbratcher]

One thing I have not seen is how to handle double first cousins. My maternal grandfather and his brother married sisters, my maternal grandmother and her sister. It looks like someone who is my second cousin looks like a first cousin in my DNA matches. My second cousin from this line (double) and I match 967cM. A second cousin from another brother and I match 510cM. BTW, my first cousins from the doubles line match between 808 - 862cM. very confusing!

[PaulaRamos-kwgd]

I am trying to figure out how I’m related to somebody, that is my fourth cousin seven times removed.

[brittnilagula]

Hi I’m confused because once ur first cousins have kids those are ur second cousins right so that will make my grandparents my second cousins is great grandparents right? Just seeing if I’m saying that right..

[loganmeline]

I've just gone mad. I have to assume my dads cousin's daughter is a 'second cousin' Therefor her son and my daughter are 'second cousins once removed.' How the heck did they end up on the same tee ball team? I digress. And I quit.

[saffirechanning]

PLEASE HELP me figure something out! My daughter just gave birth to a son. So, what BLOOD RELATION is her son to the children of her FIRST cousins? I honestly can't figure that out.

[Meamaw]

Why & how can DNA show my biological granddaughter as a first or second cousin? Please help me understand