Onnik and Elmas Melikian, circa 1927
Springfield, Massachusetts
How to Calculate
Family Relationships
FIRST COUSINS
You have grandparents in common
SECOND COUSINS
You have great-grandparents in common
THIRD COUSINS
You have great-great grandparents in common
FOURTH COUSINS
You have great-great-great grandparents in common
FIFTH COUSINS
You have great-great-great-great grandparents in common
COUSINS ONCE REMOVED
You are cousins, but there is a one-generation difference between you. For example, your father's first cousin is your first cousin once removed.
COUSINS TWICE REMOVED
There is a two-generation difference between you. For example, your grandfather's first cousin is your first cousin twice removed.
COMBINATIONS OF LEVELS AND REMOVES
Any combination can be made and described.
For example, your mother's second cousin would be your second cousin once removed.