Cousins!

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

A couple of years ago, Brother May and I launched a fun project in the ward to find out if we are more than a ward family but have closer relationships with other ward members.  Many of us found out we are cousins with other ward members….. sometimes several times removed.  Do you get confused with “9th cousin” or “1st cousin, 4 times removed” or similar relationship descriptions?  We certainly do!

FamilySearch has the answer!  When you log onto your FamilySearch account, the home page has a box on the upper left corner with the wording “What’s a 2nd Cousin Twice Removed?”  Click on the blue bar with the words “Check the Cousin Chart” and the FamilySearch blog post appears.  This blog post has an excellent explanation of those confusing relationships. It defines a cousin and goes on to describe 2nd, 3rd and 4th cousins.  As you read further, the blog describes the term “once removed, twice removed, etc” and gives tips on how to decipher the cousin relationships in your family.

Included in the post is a downloadable Cousin Chart and a Cousin Calculator.

We normally do not reference other blogs in our posts, but this one caught our attention.  What a great tool to help sort out the cousin relationships we have in our family trees.  We hope this will be as helpful to you as it was to us!

Have a wonderful week!  Brother and Sister May

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