Relative connection

[TwigtheWonderkid]

A's great grandmother and B's grandfather were brother and sister. What relation is A to B. I guess it's some kind of cousin once removed (as they are a generation apart) but is it 1st or 2nd cousin etc?

[Shakermaker]

I would go great uncle/great aunt?

or second cousins once removed?

A tricky one. Too many people have too many different interpretations of what constitutes first/second cousins etc.

My fifth-cousin-once-removed is famous actor Tom Hanks. Never sent me a birthday or Christmas card...

[wildcat45]

Blyth in Northumberland?

[PorkInsider]

wildcat45 said:

Blyth in Northumberland?

You're thinking about the situation where A's father and A's uncle are the same person.

[WRumbled]

Second cousins once removed.

[Dr Jekyll]

I used to know two girls who were cousins but only had 4 grandparents between them.

[Shakermaker]

Dr Jekyll said:

I used to know two girls who were cousins but only had 4 grandparents between them.

Brother and sister married brother and sister?

[Dr Jekyll]

Shakermaker said:

Brother and sister married brother and sister?

Yes, double cousins is apparently the term.

[Shakermaker]

Dr Jekyll said:

Shakermaker said:

Brother and sister married brother and sister?

Yes, double cousins is apparently the term.

It is close to happening to some chaps I know - one of them has just got married, and his younger brother is looking to me to be on course to proposing to her sister. Which is nice.

[magooagain]

The mother of my mate divorced and remarried then my mate married his step fathers daughter!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

WRumbled said:

Second cousins once removed.

That sounds pretty authoritative. I don't doubt you're right but can you explain to me the mechanics of how you arrived at that.

[xRIEx]

WRumbled said:

Second cousins once removed.

Is the correct answer.

[FlyingMeeces]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

WRumbled said:

Second cousins once removed.

That sounds pretty authoritative. I don't doubt you're right but can you explain to me the mechanics of how you arrived at that.

The once removed is because they are one generation apart.

A's great-gran and B's granddad are siblings. So their kids - A's grandparent and B's parent - are cousins. THEIR kids, A's parent and B themself, are second cousins. Then once removed because A is one generation younger.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

FlyingMeeces said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

WRumbled said:

Second cousins once removed.

That sounds pretty authoritative. I don't doubt you're right but can you explain to me the mechanics of how you arrived at that.

The once removed is because they are one generation apart.

A's great-gran and B's granddad are siblings. So their kids - A's grandparent and B's parent - are cousins. THEIR kids, A's parent and B themself, are second cousins. Then once removed because A is one generation younger.

Cool. Thanks v. much.

[WRumbled]

^ What they said.

I did quite a bit of work on my family tree a couple of years back and became quite familiar with all the lineage stuff.

[Skyedriver]

wildcat45 said:

Blyth in Northumberland?

Nah, Cambois or Lynemouth is my guess but there's no mention of a goat