I'm constantly trying to explain this to my family members who are interested in our family tree. At some point they often get a glazed look in their eyes, shake their heads & tell me I can be the keeper of all that information. Haha! 🤣
Ok, this was actually very educational. I always wondered what the cousin "labels" were for my mother's first cousins and their kids. We grew up visiting them a lot -- since her (older) siblings all moved to Australia after WWII, they were her only family in North America. It's also nice to know we were correct when we explained to friends that (those cousins in our same generation) were our "2nd cousins". (But we did call my Mom's cousins and their spouses "Aunt" and "Uncle", which only feels right as a sign of respect for our elders. We always knew they weren't 'real' Aunts and Uncles, since they weren't my Mom's siblings). Now I know for sure what their relationship 'title' to me and my brothers actually is. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so very much, Crista , for this and your other videos. If your neck is sore, it’s because I’ve been hanging on to your every word since I received my DNA results. Cousins have always been difficult for me, but an NPE has made my understanding critically important. I appreciate your unflappable and straightforward explanations more than you know. God Bless.
Good timing explaining the cousin relationships. I was playing around with my tree last night to understand the cousin terms. It helps to know this to understand how you are related to your DNA matches.
I just found my father and family by using this video, your reply and constant cross checking posting my photo with reaching out to all cousins made it possible. Thanks for your life changing works!!!
This answered a question about my 1st cousins and 2nd cousins children. We are a very close extended family - so I feel strange calling my cousins children cousins as well. I just call them my nieces/nephews. But at least I finally know how it's actually done. Thank you!
May be it’s easier to say- first cousins share the same grand parents. Second cousins share the same great grand parents. ( excluding the removed/generation ones)
@@conorscorner15 no it's not. It's second cousin if we're talking about your grandparents' sibling's children. If granddad has a brother he is your grand/great uncle. Your grand-uncle's children are the 1st cousin of your parents as they are part of the same generation but different bloodline. Next, when your parents 1st cousins have kids those kids become your 2nd cousin as they are apart of a different bloodline but born in the same generation as you. But they become your parents 1st cousin once removed.
Let's pause at 6:28. My mother in law is "you" and married her second cousin. However if my father in law is the "you", then he married his 1st cousin once removed. How does that work?
At a cousin level the relationship is consistently labeled regardless of which direction you are looking at the relationship from. If someone is your 1st cousin 1x removed, you are also their 1st cousin 1x removed.
My grandmother was the oldest of four. My mom had me in her mid 30s. My grandma's baby brother had his kid around 50. So he's my mom's cousin or my first cousin once removed. He's about a month older (we're both 42 now and I haven't seen him since we were kids) than me so when we were always just the kid cousins when we were little. My mom still thinks he's my 2nd cousin even though I've explained this a few times already. Maybe I'll show her this and with the visual it will make more sense to her.
What the hell... I just realized that the cousin who I always thought was just my “cousin” is really my first cousin two times removed... This ancestry stuff is so complex...
There is a 17year gap between my oldest brother and myself. His son (my nephew) was 18months younger than me. My nephew's son/my grandnephew is 1 year younger than my youngest son. My son and grand nephew are 1st cousins once removed. Being from a large family I went to school with my 1st cousin once removed and my nephew in the late 1970s, I would refer to them as my cousin and nephew. Thank you Crista, for an easy explanation of the cousin formula.
Very nice video. I have struggled with the cousins designations my entire life (and I'm no spring chicken). Finally, the way you explained it clicked! Thank you so much for giving us such an excellent tutorial.
EXCELLENT. All clear. I am the youngest of my siblings by many years. A 1st cousin once removed is only 15months younger. I am 1st cousin to her mother. I am now totally straight on how it works. THANKS.
At about 5:10 children of grand aunts/uncles are added to the tree. It was said (and written) that these people are 1st cousins to my parent and their children are 2nd cousins to me. I'm confused about what the children of the grand aunts/uncles are to me. If they are 1st cousin to my parent and their children are 2nd cousin to me there doesn't seem to be a place for their relationship to me (surely not aunt/uncle).
I am having a hard time explaining to my newly connected 1C1R that we are not 2nd Cousins my mom's 1C well actually another of mom's 1C also thinks we are 2C and that is how I grew up thinking as well. It has taken some time for me to understand that and I am still trying to grasp so much more. Especially everything past basic immediate family. I didn't grow up knowing hardly anyone in my family we didn't know mom's or dad's family so all of this is so new to me and mom and moms cousins, etc.
EXCELLENT explanation! One suggestion for future presentations, PLEASE bold or enhance your cursor in some way to make it more visible and obvious. Thanks. Gonna share your video with a “removed” cousin!!! 🤣🤣🤣
thank you for explaining this. I really really thought it was just something people said as a joke. I did not think it was a real thing. thank you for for cleaning that up and the knowledge is good to know.
I was just visiting my aunt who is ten yrs older than my dad. I spoke with my first cousins who are in the seventies and I am in the forties. I have bunch of cousins my I just call 2nd cousins. However now I see why some out removed.
The answer is yes. It doesn't "mess up anything", but it does obviously reduce the amount of shared DNA. For example, you would expect to share 575-1,330cM with a first cousin, but for a half first cousin you would only expect to share 215-650cM.
Good presentation. Thank you for your explanation. I stopped watching at the point that I got the answer to the relationship I was trying to define. Thanks.
My grandmother was adopted, but I found her nephew. So he would be my first cousin first removed. If his mother was a "half" sister to my grandmother, what percentage DNA would the first cousin first removed have to me if he was a "half" vs "not half" first cousin first removed? He shares 6.51% DNA with me. Can I tell if he is a "half" with this information?
I'm terribly confused! I'm adopted, and my match I'm wondering about is from my paternal side (I fond my bio mom through ancestry DNA, and now I'm administrator of her DNA) she was 80 before she passed(we connected a little before then) it says we're possibly 1st cousins 1x removed, at 410cMs. She has 10 siblings! Everyone in the family has had no less than 6 kids. There's so much family, I'm lost. And I'm a newbie. Please help! I'll give you access to my tree. You can use me as an example. Anything to figure out my bio father's parent's lol! I've discovered I'm 33% native American, most my matches are his side, and card holders of The United Houma Nation. He was also adopted and so was my bio mom. So, I'm dealing with a lot of mystery! My bio mom passed last year of cancer. I'm sure I get native from her as well, but central. The person I'm referring to is native from my father's side. Any HELP would be amazing!!!
Gloria, I'm so sorry that it took me this long to see your message. (I took a TH-cam hiatus for the past couple of months.) Have you gotten any closer to figuring out the identity of your bio dad? (~Crista)
Ancestry no closer. But I now have a new mystery match that is only 10cMs less than my highest match. They have no tree, or any suggestion as to what their surname is. I know they match my paternal side
I look it up at my matches and I find out that I have a first cousin, we share 724 cm and a second cousin who shares with me 462, I suspect that my second cousin is the child of the first cousin as they are a match, I would like to find something more but I'm adopted so I don't know what to do.. I need your help
Juan Esteban Aliaga Any child of your first cousin, is your first cousin once removed. You would need to ask this first cousin about this other match to determine the relationship.
Wow thanks! I too assumped the 3 and 4th cousin incorrectly. And I have been calling my grandma's sister, my Great Aunt this WHOLE time, all of my 30+ years!
Some people call their grandparents siblings great aunt or great uncle. Others prefer to call them grand aunt or grand uncle, but that just complicates things.
That was crystal clear. Thank you for this tutorial... I've even saved it into a folder on my phone for reference👍👍👍Now I'll spend the evening arguing with my Dad as he thinks his first cousin is my second cousin🤣🤣🤣
We measure how closely two people are related using units of measurement called centimorgans. The number of centimorgans we report is our estimate of the amount of shared DNA we can attribute to a recent shared ancestor. Centimorgans are not units of physical distance, but rather, units of probability. In general, the more centimorgans two people share, the more closely related they are. To learn more click here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Measuring-Relatedness Click here to see the DNA match categories: support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories
Ancestry- Am I, also called, the "second aunt" of my first cousin once removed (my first cousin's daughter, DeAnna)? Am I both the "first cousin once removed" and the "second aunt" of DeAnna? Thank you!
No. Your first cousin's daughter is your first cousin 1x removed. Some families use the term "aunt" as an affectionate nickname for older cousins and even non-family members sometimes. But, that is not the genetically correct term.
i have a question about real old ancsestors? what if i have a great grandparent 24× and he has two children the other child im not directly decended from would be my uncle and his children would be my 1st cousins 23 tines removed? is this correct?
i don't know if you can help me first I am adopted and looking to try and find my birth family I have a second cousin match on ancestrydna but here is where i get confused I have dna matches with both of his sides of his family through both of his grandmothers .. how is that possible ?
If we're following the question correctly, it's possible you're matching both grandmothers because you inherited your DNA from both via your parent. Let us know if you have any further questions!
I've tried to explain this to my dad and he resists the chart. He says his parents 1st cousin is his 2nd cousin and the child of his parents 1st cousin is his 3rd cousin. He was taught the cousin terms in the very simple way. He thinks a 1st cousin once removed is the same as 2nd cousin. Could you please reply ASAP.
I was just discussing this with my husband the other night! He is trying to get at least a rudimentary understanding so he doesn’t get to confused when I start talking genealogy. I know that when I furst explain cousins and removed cousins the first thing I tell them is that the number in front is how many generations to the closest common ancestor -1. So if I am the closest and it is my great grandparent that is me to my mom (1), to my grandmother (2), to my great grandmother (3). So three minus 1 = 2; those are my second cousins. The removed is how many generations that separate us. But what really through him was when I told him my mom was one of ten 1st cousins on each sided. He could understand that she had eight cousins on her dad’s side and another eight on her mom’s because she and her brother made the other two. Or that my second cousins are (in some cases) are 1st cousins to one another! That’s probably Cousins 401! But I thought this was an excellent video and I plan on sharing it with him.
@@SonnySantana2099 your first cousin is the child of the sibling of your parent. Your second cousin is the grandchild of the sibling of your grandparent, your third cousin is the great grandchild of the sibling of your great grandparent, etc.
Question. Why is my mothers first cousin listed as my “1st Cousin 1x removed” on Ancestry. And my First cousins children are listed also as my “1st Cousin 1x removed”??. My mom had me at 41 so is this because I’m technically in another generation lol? I actually grew up with my First cousins children. Just need some help figuring this all out😐
Hi there, Kundalini! Thanks so much for reaching out! We're glad to help answer your questions. The relationship predicted is the closest Ancestry's technology can determine and is part of a larger match category, which does require records or human knowledge to set correctly. For more information on this we have gathered a couple of articles from our support center and included them below. Do let us know if you have additional questions or need any help navigating our site, we're always glad to offer our help! AncestryDNA Match Categories: support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories How We Measure Relationships: support.ancestry.com/s/article/How-We-Measure-Relationships-between-AncestryDNA-Matches
Hi, I need help re: first cousin once removed. DNA shows I have a cousin once removed and we share 573 cm. Is he my cousin's son or my mother's cousin? Who exactly is a cousin once removed to me, my cousin's child or my mother's first cousin? Thank you!!!!
Hi, David. It may mean the relationship is incorrectly set in your family tree. You can update relationships by following these instructions: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Fixing-Relationships-in-Trees?language=en_US
Thank you for this video! Crista, you have a gift for explaining the impossible! Beginning with ancestry has nothing to do with time but with generations...this is why I am a solid 2C to someone 22 years older than myself! I will need to review this video several times and "play" with the chart , inserting different people to make sense of their relationship. Thank you again!
Thanks very much for your comment! A first cousin once removed would indeed either be the child of one of your first cousins, or the first cousin of one of your parents. You can learn more here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Kinship-Terms Thank you for watching, and have a great day, too!
I m still a little confused. So if our great grandmas are sisters our grandmas 1st cousins does that make us 3rd cousins 2x removed or would we be 5th cousins??
Ok, I'm confused. So my dad had me when he was over 40 years old. So that makes my cousin once removed the same age as me. But his grandma is my dad's sister, which makes my dad his grand uncle and makes me his mother's first cousin, and makes me his second cousin. But for me he is my first cousin once removed because his mother is my cousin, right?
Hi Paola, and thanks for stopping by! We are thrilled to hear we have been able to help you! We wish you all the best on your research, thank you for sharing!
Interesting - as my tree in Ancestry shows my Parents 1st cousins as my 1st cousins once removed and not as 2nd cousin - is that then an error in the program?
I have a long lost family member that started coming around a few years ago . His dad was my grand fathers uncle . So he would be my 1st cousin 3x removed or 2nd cousin 1x removed . What would that make him to me ?
@@detectivethinker3637 my question was about my cousin's cM and not about my father. Thank you for your input but my father is my bio father that I know.
For the first relationship you describe, degree of separation (D) = 4 and the expected match range would be 575-1,330cM (95% probability). For the second relationship you describe, which is actually 1C1R not 2C, D = 5 and the expected match range would be 215-650cM (95% probability). So you can see there's an overlap between the maximum match value expected for D = 5 and the minimum match value expected for D = 4. Numerically, the overlap = 650-575 = 75cM. That's how the result you describe is possible.
My question is ?, should I build individual family trees under either paternal side or maternal side to show the different generation and where I and the cousins belong in the family tree? As you displayed and demonstrated on your examples. I think it would be so different and better to understand for others whom don't get the whole generational thing. Thank you for your explanation of the generational cousins placement.
I was adopted and don't know anything I about my family. I did a dna test and a first Cousin twice removed appeared on as a close family. I have no idea how to start my search.
Hi Felipe, thanks for stopping by. We understand it can feel like a daunting task to get started on your family history research when you may not have too much information to go on. We have a couple of articles on our support site that may be of some help gettinging you started. support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family?language=en_US, support.ancestry.com/s/article/Overcoming-Roadblocks-in-Your-Research?language=en_US. We hope these help, best of luck with your search!
Okay, but here’s my question, I have a first cousin who was born substantially far before I was because my parents had me late compared to their siblings. This gap was so large that my first cousin actually had children around the time I was born. Would I be correct in assuming they are my first cousins 1x removed even though we share the same generation?
Hi Ruth and thank you for reaching out to us. We've linked an article from our support center below which should prove helpful with this. 🙂 support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Kinship-Terms?language=en_US
I am so sorry, but I have one more question, how can my match share a GGGG grandparent twice as a 5th cousin and a 3rd Cousin. We all other generation for grandparents except GGG Grandparents, do you have any ideal about that?
If there is intermarriage within a family, you can see this. For example if a man marries his 1st cousins granddaughter, then their great-great-grandchildren could be your 3rd cousin if you are counting through his side of the tree and your 5th cousin if you are counting through her side of the tree.
Thank you for this, but I am still confused. I always thought my mother's first cousin was my second cousin. I still have a lot to learn. I have been researching my family tree for about 2 years now, but I'm stuck. My father's mother was a "Wright" before she married. The family story goes that we are related to the Wright brothers, but I have never found proof. Anyone have any suggestions?
Hello and thank you for the video on 1xremoved. If my dad and uncle dont have the same father, would my uncles kid be 1st cousin? ancestry lists my cousin as once removed. Thank you.
I’m a bit confused. Your chart has my parents cousin down as 1st cousin of parent, other charts I have seen say 1st cousin once removed. Which is correct please. Great vids by the way.
@@frankhooper7871 But which generation do you "remove" for them to be your 1st cousin? That's the part I can't comprehend. If you remove 1 generation, they become your "grand aunt/uncle" right? Or do you remove sideways?
@@camabkamuvoba7467 no. grand aunts are the siblings of your grandparents. Your grandparents and your granduncles and grandaunts are 2 generations away. your generation: You Siblings Cousins 2nd Cousins 3rd Cousins 4th Cousins 5th Cousins, 6th Cousin etc. 1 generation away: Parents Uncles and Aunts 1st Cousins Once Removed 2nd Cousins Once Removed 3rd Cousins Once Removed 4th Cousins Once Removed 5th Cousins Once Removed, 6th Cousins Once Removed, etc. 2 generations away: Grandparents Granduncles and Grandaunts 1st Cousins twice Removed 2nd Cousins twice Removed 3rd Cousins twice Removed 4th Cousins twice Removed 5th Cousins twice Removed, 6th Cousins twice Removed, etc. 3 generations away: Great Grandparents Great Granduncles and Grandaunts 1st Cousins thrice Removed 2nd Cousins thrice Removed 3rd Cousins thrice Removed 4th Cousins thrice Removed 5th Cousins thrice Removed, 6th Cousins thrice Removed, etc.
Thought I’d see if I’m related to your Grandfather. He’s my 9th Cousin, Twice Removed. That means that Crista Cowan and I are 11th Cousins. How about that?
The relationship is so distant that shared genetic material must be microscopic. With a third cousin it's down to less than 2 percent. Imagine a ninth cousin. A third cousin is a relationship shared through one pair of 16 grandparents I think.
Thanks so much for getting in touch with us, Kelsey. If this match is a second cousin then they seem to be within the normal range of centimorgans for this relationship. You'll share 200-620 cM's with a second cousin match. Even if you don't have any close relatives who wish to take a DNA test with us, working with more distant cousins can still be a worthwhile endeavor for collaborating and finding your shared ancestors. We hope this helps, and we wish you a wonderful day!
I got some cousins I'd like to remove... more than once.
holidayhouse03 lmbooooo
holidayhouse03 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Same here. :-D
holidayhouse03 I see what you did there!!! rofl
I always try to explain it by telling my relatives to count the g's. A great-great grandparent has 3 g's. So, third cousin.
It's not that easy though
@@lindseyormsbee that was 3 years ago
@@macifoggs4463 and?? It doesn't change either statement.
@@lindseyormsbee She not gonna read it
Fascinating! A simple solution to a complex problem
I'm constantly trying to explain this to my family members who are interested in our family tree. At some point they often get a glazed look in their eyes, shake their heads & tell me I can be the keeper of all that information. Haha! 🤣
LOL but that is great that you are diligent with it. At least they trust you to be family historian!
Mary Ann Dunwoody wait so your first cousin is the first child of the oldest sibling of your parent?
I get that with my families riddle.
Create a family tree chart. It might help in explaining.
That's how I look now!
Ok, this was actually very educational. I always wondered what the cousin "labels" were for my mother's first cousins and their kids. We grew up visiting them a lot -- since her (older) siblings all moved to Australia after WWII, they were her only family in North America. It's also nice to know we were correct when we explained to friends that (those cousins in our same generation) were our "2nd cousins". (But we did call my Mom's cousins and their spouses "Aunt" and "Uncle", which only feels right as a sign of respect for our elders. We always knew they weren't 'real' Aunts and Uncles, since they weren't my Mom's siblings). Now I know for sure what their relationship 'title' to me and my brothers actually is. Thanks a lot!
Is that an Asian thing to call your Mom’s cousin aunt and uncle?
Very good Crista, you did a better job than I could have at explaining this concept.
Thank you so very much, Crista , for this and your other videos. If your neck is sore, it’s because I’ve been hanging on to your every word since I received my DNA results. Cousins have always been difficult for me, but an NPE has made my understanding critically important. I appreciate your unflappable and straightforward explanations more than you know. God Bless.
Thank you, Lilly! Good luck to you in using this knowledge to continue to make new discoveries. (~Crista)
Thanks, Crista! You always make the complicated topics much more fun and easier to understand!
Good timing explaining the cousin relationships. I was playing around with my tree last night to understand the cousin terms. It helps to know this to understand how you are related to your DNA matches.
I just found my father and family by using this video, your reply and constant cross checking posting my photo with reaching out to all cousins made it possible. Thanks for your life changing works!!!
You are so very welcome!
I've watched three videos on this. Yours is the clearest BY FAR. Thanks
This answered a question about my 1st cousins and 2nd cousins children.
We are a very close extended family - so I feel strange calling my cousins children cousins as well. I just call them my nieces/nephews. But at least I finally know how it's actually done. Thank you!
My brain has just exploded. But, I did learn a lot! It helped to take notes, though. Thanks for the explanation. Subscribed!
I have worked on my tree for many years and this is the first illustration I have understood completely 🙈 thank you!
May be it’s easier to say- first cousins share the same grand parents. Second cousins share the same great grand parents. ( excluding the removed/generation ones)
So if my first cousin have a child that child is my first cousin once removed.
Yes
Yeha and if your 1st cousin once removed has a child first cousin twice removed
Wait but I thought that was a second cousin...?
Leticia Flowerpants yeha it is
@@conorscorner15 no it's not. It's second cousin if we're talking about your grandparents' sibling's children. If granddad has a brother he is your grand/great uncle. Your grand-uncle's children are the 1st cousin of your parents as they are part of the same generation but different bloodline. Next, when your parents 1st cousins have kids those kids become your 2nd cousin as they are apart of a different bloodline but born in the same generation as you. But they become your parents 1st cousin once removed.
Perfect explanation! I ALWAYS think of the vertical boxes in my head when trying to figure out cousins too!
This is a wonderful and very clear explanation of something I could never figure out before. Thanks so much.
Let's pause at 6:28. My mother in law is "you" and married her second cousin. However if my father in law is the "you", then he married his 1st cousin once removed. How does that work?
At a cousin level the relationship is consistently labeled regardless of which direction you are looking at the relationship from. If someone is your 1st cousin 1x removed, you are also their 1st cousin 1x removed.
My grandmother was the oldest of four.
My mom had me in her mid 30s.
My grandma's baby brother had his kid around 50.
So he's my mom's cousin or my first cousin once removed.
He's about a month older (we're both 42 now and I haven't seen him since we were kids) than me so when we were always just the kid cousins when we were little. My mom still thinks he's my 2nd cousin even though I've explained this a few times already. Maybe I'll show her this and with the visual it will make more sense to her.
What the hell... I just realized that the cousin who I always thought was just my “cousin” is really my first cousin two times removed... This ancestry stuff is so complex...
Dang then you should be old 😄
They are your cousin whether they’re 2x removed. Slightly far down the family line but doesn’t disregard the fact that they are a cousin.
There is a 17year gap between my oldest brother and myself. His son (my nephew) was 18months younger than me. My nephew's son/my grandnephew is 1 year younger than my youngest son. My son and grand nephew are 1st cousins once removed. Being from a large family I went to school with my 1st cousin once removed and my nephew in the late 1970s, I would refer to them as my cousin and nephew. Thank you Crista, for an easy explanation of the cousin formula.
Very nice video. I have struggled with the cousins designations my entire life (and I'm no spring chicken). Finally, the way you explained it clicked! Thank you so much for giving us such an excellent tutorial.
EXCELLENT. All clear. I am the youngest of my siblings by many years. A 1st cousin once removed is only 15months younger. I am 1st cousin to her mother. I am now totally straight on how it works. THANKS.
At about 5:10 children of grand aunts/uncles are added to the tree. It was said (and written) that these people are 1st cousins to my parent and their children are 2nd cousins to me. I'm confused about what the children of the grand aunts/uncles are to me. If they are 1st cousin to my parent and their children are 2nd cousin to me there doesn't seem to be a place for their relationship to me (surely not aunt/uncle).
The children of your grand aunts/uncles are your the 1st cousin of your parents. They are your 1st cousins 1x removed.
This is such an awesome and simple explanation. Thank you!!!
Years ago I served on a jury and during breaks I studied a chart in the law library that explained these relationships. It cleared up this mystery.
We're glad to hear you found it useful! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I am having a hard time explaining to my newly connected 1C1R that we are not 2nd Cousins my mom's 1C well actually another of mom's 1C also thinks we are 2C and that is how I grew up thinking as well. It has taken some time for me to understand that and I am still trying to grasp so much more. Especially everything past basic immediate family. I didn't grow up knowing hardly anyone in my family we didn't know mom's or dad's family so all of this is so new to me and mom and moms cousins, etc.
EXCELLENT explanation! One suggestion for future presentations, PLEASE bold or enhance your cursor in some way to make it more visible and obvious.
Thanks. Gonna share your video with a “removed” cousin!!! 🤣🤣🤣
You made this so easy to understand. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome!
I used to subscribe to the Who Cares? perspective, but now that I'm trying to narrow down DNA connections, this becomes meaningful. Thx!
thank you for explaining this. I really really thought it was just something people said as a joke. I did not think it was a real thing. thank you for for cleaning that up and the knowledge is good to know.
Great explanation of a very confusing issue.
I was just visiting my aunt who is ten yrs older than my dad. I spoke with my first cousins who are in the seventies and I am in the forties. I have bunch of cousins my I just call 2nd cousins. However now I see why some out removed.
Thank you for sharing. This is extremely helpful.
Is there any such thing of half cousins because my grandmother and my great aunt are half sisters does that mess up anything in the family tree
The answer is yes. It doesn't "mess up anything", but it does obviously reduce the amount of shared DNA. For example, you would expect to share 575-1,330cM with a first cousin, but for a half first cousin you would only expect to share 215-650cM.
Thank you
Great Information! 👍👍👍
Yes I think it is great info to know.
You did a really GREAT job of explaining this, thank you so much! I can hardly wait to get my results to start my research 🤗
First cousin once removed is all I want to know
Thank you Crista Cowan.....great video ! Explains it perfectly. .....
Thank you very much. It was a very concise explanation.
Thank you - really clear explanation. I’ve now explained to my daughter that she has a second cousin once removed!
Good presentation. Thank you for your explanation. I stopped watching at the point that I got the answer to the relationship I was trying to define. Thanks.
This video was awesome, thank you so much! I rewound a few spots, but I get it!
Thank you so much for explaining! I never knew that this was the case. Very helpful :)
My grandmother was adopted, but I found her nephew. So he would be my first cousin first removed. If his mother was a "half" sister to my grandmother, what percentage DNA would the first cousin first removed have to me if he was a "half" vs "not half" first cousin first removed? He shares 6.51% DNA with me. Can I tell if he is a "half" with this information?
I'm terribly confused! I'm adopted, and my match I'm wondering about is from my paternal side (I fond my bio mom through ancestry DNA, and now I'm administrator of her DNA) she was 80 before she passed(we connected a little before then) it says we're possibly 1st cousins 1x removed, at 410cMs. She has 10 siblings! Everyone in the family has had no less than 6 kids. There's so much family, I'm lost. And I'm a newbie. Please help! I'll give you access to my tree. You can use me as an example. Anything to figure out my bio father's parent's lol! I've discovered I'm 33% native American, most my matches are his side, and card holders of The United Houma Nation. He was also adopted and so was my bio mom. So, I'm dealing with a lot of mystery! My bio mom passed last year of cancer. I'm sure I get native from her as well, but central. The person I'm referring to is native from my father's side. Any HELP would be amazing!!!
Gloria, I'm so sorry that it took me this long to see your message. (I took a TH-cam hiatus for the past couple of months.) Have you gotten any closer to figuring out the identity of your bio dad? (~Crista)
Ancestry no closer. But I now have a new mystery match that is only 10cMs less than my highest match. They have no tree, or any suggestion as to what their surname is. I know they match my paternal side
I look it up at my matches and I find out that I have a first cousin, we share 724 cm and a second cousin who shares with me 462, I suspect that my second cousin is the child of the first cousin as they are a match, I would like to find something more but I'm adopted so I don't know what to do.. I need your help
Juan Esteban Aliaga Any child of your first cousin, is your first cousin once removed. You would need to ask this first cousin about this other match to determine the relationship.
@@001islandprincess Thanks for the response 😊
This really helped me understand the cousin relationships. Thank you!!
I had to go back and look at this several times before l got a better understanding of it.
where can i get that powerpoint from... i need visuals when im adding cousins
This video was awesome. I am no longer confused. THX!!
Wow thanks! I too assumped the 3 and 4th cousin incorrectly. And I have been calling my grandma's sister, my Great Aunt this WHOLE time, all of my 30+ years!
Uummm, siblings of your grandparents are your Great Aunts/Great Uncles.
She is.
Some people call their grandparents siblings great aunt or great uncle. Others prefer to call them grand aunt or grand uncle, but that just complicates things.
bro she is your great aunt. You can call her either grand-aunt or great-aunt
THANK YOU....This tells me what I did not know, and explained it in a way I can remember.
That was crystal clear. Thank you for this tutorial... I've even saved it into a folder on my phone for reference👍👍👍Now I'll spend the evening arguing with my Dad as he thinks his first cousin is my second cousin🤣🤣🤣
Basically your parents 1st cousin once removed is your 2nd cousin.
Yes. The easiest way to remember is straight across is first, second, third etc. The moment you start moving diagonally, the removed come in.
I just learned so much watching your video.... Thank you!🙂
That's awesome! We are happy that you are diving into your family history.
We measure how closely two people are related using units of measurement called centimorgans. The number of centimorgans we report is our estimate of the amount of shared DNA we can attribute to a recent shared ancestor. Centimorgans are not units of physical distance, but rather, units of probability. In general, the more centimorgans two people share, the more closely related they are. To learn more click here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Measuring-Relatedness
Click here to see the DNA match categories: support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories
Ancestry- Am I, also called, the "second aunt" of my first cousin once removed (my first cousin's daughter, DeAnna)? Am I both the "first cousin once removed" and the "second aunt" of DeAnna? Thank you!
No. Your first cousin's daughter is your first cousin 1x removed. Some families use the term "aunt" as an affectionate nickname for older cousins and even non-family members sometimes. But, that is not the genetically correct term.
i have a question about real old ancsestors? what if i have a great grandparent 24× and he has two children the other child im not directly decended from would be my uncle and his children would be my 1st cousins 23 tines removed? is this correct?
That is correct.
i don't know if you can help me first I am adopted and looking to try and find my birth family I have a second cousin match on ancestrydna but here is where i get confused I have dna matches with both of his sides of his family through both of his grandmothers .. how is that possible ?
If we're following the question correctly, it's possible you're matching both grandmothers because you inherited your DNA from both via your parent. Let us know if you have any further questions!
This is a great video. I finally get it! Now it all makes sense.
Thank you so much! This is really helpful.
U make me understand this thing more than anyone 🙏 thank u.
Can you share the Powerpoint template used in the video for creating quick trees?... This would be very helpful for flushing out quick trees.
It's a standard org chart template available with PowerPoint.
I've tried to explain this to my dad and he resists the chart. He says his parents 1st cousin is his 2nd cousin and the child of his parents 1st cousin is his 3rd cousin. He was taught the cousin terms in the very simple way. He thinks a 1st cousin once removed is the same as 2nd cousin. Could you please reply ASAP.
I was just discussing this with my husband the other
night! He is trying to get at least a
rudimentary understanding so he doesn’t get to confused when I start talking
genealogy. I know that when I furst
explain cousins and removed cousins the first thing I tell them is that the
number in front is how many generations to the closest common ancestor -1. So if I am the closest and it is my great
grandparent that is me to my mom (1), to my grandmother (2), to my great
grandmother (3). So three minus 1 = 2;
those are my second cousins. The removed
is how many generations that separate us.
But what really through him was when I told him my mom was
one of ten 1st cousins on each sided. He
could understand that she had eight cousins on her dad’s side and another eight
on her mom’s because she and her brother made the other two. Or that my second cousins are (in some cases)
are 1st cousins to one another!
That’s probably Cousins 401! But
I thought this was an excellent video and I plan on sharing it with him.
wait so your first cousin is the first child of the oldest sibling of your parent?
@@SonnySantana2099 your first cousin is the child of the sibling of your parent. Your second cousin is the grandchild of the sibling of your grandparent, your third cousin is the great grandchild of the sibling of your great grandparent, etc.
@@danielcarneiro5483 thank u
Question. Why is my mothers first cousin listed as my “1st Cousin 1x removed” on Ancestry. And my First cousins children are listed also as my “1st Cousin 1x removed”??. My mom had me at 41 so is this because I’m technically in another generation lol? I actually grew up with my First cousins children. Just need some help figuring this all out😐
Hi there, Kundalini! Thanks so much for reaching out! We're glad to help answer your questions. The relationship predicted is the closest Ancestry's technology can determine and is part of a larger match category, which does require records or human knowledge to set correctly. For more information on this we have gathered a couple of articles from our support center and included them below. Do let us know if you have additional questions or need any help navigating our site, we're always glad to offer our help!
AncestryDNA Match Categories: support.ancestry.com/s/article/AncestryDNA-Match-Categories
How We Measure Relationships: support.ancestry.com/s/article/How-We-Measure-Relationships-between-AncestryDNA-Matches
Hi, I need help re: first cousin once removed. DNA shows I have a cousin once removed and we share 573 cm. Is he my cousin's son or my mother's cousin? Who exactly is a cousin once removed to me, my cousin's child or my mother's first cousin? Thank you!!!!
Hi, David. It may mean the relationship is incorrectly set in your family tree. You can update relationships by following these instructions: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Fixing-Relationships-in-Trees?language=en_US
Your explanation makes everything clearer. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this video! Crista, you have a gift for explaining the impossible! Beginning with ancestry has nothing to do with time but with generations...this is why I am a solid 2C to someone 22 years older than myself! I will need to review this video several times and "play" with the chart , inserting different people to make sense of their relationship. Thank you again!
Thanks for answering those questions!
Hi Karen, we are happy to hear that you found this video useful.
5:23 1st Cousin of parent can be called first cousin once removed?
Thanks very much for your comment! A first cousin once removed would indeed either be the child of one of your first cousins, or the first cousin of one of your parents. You can learn more here: support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Kinship-Terms
Thank you for watching, and have a great day, too!
@@AncestryUS thanks!
I m still a little confused. So if our great grandmas are sisters our grandmas 1st cousins does that make us 3rd cousins 2x removed or would we be 5th cousins??
I was afraid that if I watched this my brain would explode ...lol. But it was good.
p.s.
Till my brain exploded! ...lol
But seriously...Thanks!
My head spun around 3 times before it was a removed cousin!
Ok, I'm confused. So my dad had me when he was over 40 years old. So that makes my cousin once removed the same age as me. But his grandma is my dad's sister, which makes my dad his grand uncle and makes me his mother's first cousin, and makes me his second cousin. But for me he is my first cousin once removed because his mother is my cousin, right?
Oh, wow! Thanks! I never understood thet "removed" part before, since English is not my first language.
Hi Paola, and thanks for stopping by!
We are thrilled to hear we have been able to help you! We wish you all the best on your research, thank you for sharing!
Interesting - as my tree in Ancestry shows my Parents 1st cousins as my 1st cousins once removed and not as 2nd cousin - is that then an error in the program?
Your parents' first cousins are your 1st cousins 1x removed.
I'm 24 and I apparently have a first removed cousin who is in her 40s... how? I don't get it
😝😝😝
I have a long lost family member that started coming around a few years ago . His dad was my grand fathers uncle . So he would be my 1st cousin 3x removed or 2nd cousin 1x removed . What would that make him to me ?
You really want to get the party started then throw in a set of double first cousins LOL
My mother's nephew (my 1st cousin) has a lower cM then my Father's cousin (my 2nd cousin). How is that possible?
Maybe your father is NOT your biological father
@@detectivethinker3637 my question was about my cousin's cM and not about my father. Thank you for your input but my father is my bio father that I know.
For the first relationship you describe, degree of separation (D) = 4 and the expected match range would be 575-1,330cM (95% probability). For the second relationship you describe, which is actually 1C1R not 2C, D = 5 and the expected match range would be 215-650cM (95% probability). So you can see there's an overlap between the maximum match value expected for D = 5 and the minimum match value expected for D = 4. Numerically, the overlap = 650-575 = 75cM. That's how the result you describe is possible.
Thanks for an informative video, as always. :)
My question is ?, should I build individual family trees under either paternal side or maternal side to show the different generation and where I and the cousins belong in the family tree? As you displayed and demonstrated on your examples. I think it would be so different and better to understand for others whom don't get the whole generational thing. Thank you for your explanation of the generational cousins placement.
thanks crista! i appreciate this. you're rad
I was adopted and don't know anything I about my family.
I did a dna test and a first Cousin twice removed appeared on as a close family. I have no idea how to start my search.
Hi Felipe, thanks for stopping by. We understand it can feel like a daunting task to get started on your family history research when you may not have too much information to go on. We have a couple of articles on our support site that may be of some help gettinging you started. support.ancestry.com/s/article/Finding-Biological-Family?language=en_US, support.ancestry.com/s/article/Overcoming-Roadblocks-in-Your-Research?language=en_US. We hope these help, best of luck with your search!
I had a second to third cousin match. She said she was adopted. How can I find where she fits in my tree? Shared matches are maternal side
How many centimorgans of DNA do you share with this cousin?
Thanks for a great video and explanation!
Okay, but here’s my question, I have a first cousin who was born substantially far before I was because my parents had me late compared to their siblings. This gap was so large that my first cousin actually had children around the time I was born. Would I be correct in assuming they are my first cousins 1x removed even though we share the same generation?
Is there a printable chart that explains this because I'd like to keep it handy when trying to figure out a relationship? Thank you.
Hi Ruth and thank you for reaching out to us. We've linked an article from our support center below which should prove helpful with this. 🙂
support.ancestry.com/s/article/Understanding-Kinship-Terms?language=en_US
@@AncestryUS It's helpful but is not printable. I wanted something to put near my computer when trying to figure out a relationship
I am so sorry, but I have one more question, how can my match share a GGGG grandparent twice as a 5th cousin and a 3rd Cousin. We all other generation for grandparents except GGG Grandparents, do you have any ideal about that?
If there is intermarriage within a family, you can see this. For example if a man marries his 1st cousins granddaughter, then their great-great-grandchildren could be your 3rd cousin if you are counting through his side of the tree and your 5th cousin if you are counting through her side of the tree.
Thank you for this, but I am still confused. I always thought my mother's first cousin was my second cousin. I still have a lot to learn. I have been researching my family tree for about 2 years now, but I'm stuck. My father's mother was a "Wright" before she married. The family story goes that we are related to the Wright brothers, but I have never found proof. Anyone have any suggestions?
Hello and thank you for the video on 1xremoved. If my dad and uncle dont have the same father, would my uncles kid be 1st cousin? ancestry lists my cousin as once removed. Thank you.
Thx crista..you did a great job explaining this
Thank you, Crista. I FINALLY get it.
I’m a bit confused. Your chart has my parents cousin down as 1st cousin of parent, other charts I have seen say 1st cousin once removed. Which is correct please. Great vids by the way.
Both are correct: they're your parent's 1st cousin and they're your 1st cousin once removed.
@@frankhooper7871 But which generation do you "remove" for them to be your 1st cousin? That's the part I can't comprehend. If you remove 1 generation, they become your "grand aunt/uncle" right? Or do you remove sideways?
@@camabkamuvoba7467 no. grand aunts are the siblings of your grandparents. Your grandparents and your granduncles and grandaunts are 2 generations away.
your generation:
You
Siblings
Cousins
2nd Cousins
3rd Cousins
4th Cousins
5th Cousins, 6th Cousin etc.
1 generation away:
Parents
Uncles and Aunts
1st Cousins Once Removed
2nd Cousins Once Removed
3rd Cousins Once Removed
4th Cousins Once Removed
5th Cousins Once Removed, 6th Cousins Once Removed, etc.
2 generations away:
Grandparents
Granduncles and Grandaunts
1st Cousins twice Removed
2nd Cousins twice Removed
3rd Cousins twice Removed
4th Cousins twice Removed
5th Cousins twice Removed, 6th Cousins twice Removed, etc.
3 generations away:
Great Grandparents
Great Granduncles and Grandaunts
1st Cousins thrice Removed
2nd Cousins thrice Removed
3rd Cousins thrice Removed
4th Cousins thrice Removed
5th Cousins thrice Removed, 6th Cousins thrice Removed, etc.
Outstanding explanation
Thought I’d see if I’m related to your Grandfather. He’s my 9th Cousin, Twice Removed. That means that Crista Cowan and I are 11th Cousins. How about that?
The relationship is so distant that shared genetic material must be microscopic. With a third cousin it's down to less than 2 percent. Imagine a ninth cousin. A third cousin is a relationship shared through one pair of 16 grandparents I think.
Hey Crista how do I share 7% dna or 492cm with a 1st or 2nd cousin? What do I do if I don’t have relatives willing to do ancestry?
Thanks so much for getting in touch with us, Kelsey. If this match is a second cousin then they seem to be within the normal range of centimorgans for this relationship. You'll share 200-620 cM's with a second cousin match.
Even if you don't have any close relatives who wish to take a DNA test with us, working with more distant cousins can still be a worthwhile endeavor for collaborating and finding your shared ancestors.
We hope this helps, and we wish you a wonderful day!
That family tree that you done on here how did you create or it is there a file that we can download
I just used the Org Chart template in PowerPoint. ~Crista
Thanks I have been struggling with this