Relationship Chart Form PDF Details

Understanding how family members are connected can feel like untangling a complex web of relationships. That's where the Relationship Chart comes in handy, a form designed to clarify the connections between two individuals through their most recent common ancestor. By identifying this ancestor, and then pinpointing each person's specific relationship to them, whether it be as a grandparent, great-grandparent, or further, the chart allows users to visually track how they are related. This process involves locating the common ancestor's relationship to the first individual in the top row of the chart, and to the second individual in the far-left column. By tracing these points to where they intersect, the chart reveals the precise nature of their relationship, be it as siblings, first cousins, or even more distantly related. It intricately maps out everything from grandnephews/nieces to seventh cousins, providing a clear, easy-to-understand picture of family connections. This simplification of complex genealogical data is a valuable tool for anyone looking to piece together their family tree, making the vast network of extended familial relationships a little easier to navigate.

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Form NameRelationship Chart Form
Form Length1 pages
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Avg. time to fill out15 sec
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Relationship Chart

Instructions:

1.Identify the most recent common ancestor of the two individuals with the unknown relationship.

2.Determine the common ancestor’s relationship to each person (for example, grandparent or great-grandparent).

3.In the topmost row of the chart, find the common ancestor’s relationship to cousin number one. In the far-left column, find the common ancestor’s relationship to cousin number two.

4.Trace the the row and column from step 3. The square where they meet shows the two individuals’ relationship.

 

 

 

 

 

THE MOST RECENT COMMON ANCESTOR IS COUSIN NUMBER ONE’S ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

parent

grandparent

great-

great-great-

third-great-

fourth-great-

fifth-great-

sixth-great-

 

 

 

 

 

grandparent

grandparent

grandparent

grandparent

grandparent

grandparent

 

parent

 

siblings

nephew

grandnephew

great-

great-great-

third-great-

fourth-great-

fifth-great-

 

 

 

or niece

or -niece

or -niece

or -niece

or -niece

or -niece

or -niece

 

 

 

 

grandnephew

grandnephew

grandnephew

grandnephew

grandnephew

...TWO’S

grandparent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nephew

first cousins

first cousins

first cousins

first cousins

first cousins

first cousins

first cousins

 

 

 

 

 

 

or niece

 

once removed

twice removed

three times

four times

five times

six times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

removed

removed

removed

removed

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grandparentgrandparentgrandparentgrandparentgrandparent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-great-great-great-great-third-great-fourth-great-fifth

grandnephew

first cousins

second cousins

second cousins

second cousins

second cousins

second cousins

second cousins

 

 

 

 

 

 

or -niece

once removed

 

once removed

twice removed

three times

four times

five times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

removed

removed

removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

great-

first cousins

second cousins

third cousins

third cousins

third cousins

third cousins

third cousins

 

 

 

grandnephew

twice removed

once removed

 

once removed

twice removed

three times

four times

 

 

 

or -niece

 

 

 

 

 

removed

removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

great-great-

first cousins

second cousins

third cousins

fourth cousins

fourth cousins

fourth cousins

fourth cousins

 

 

 

grandnephew

three times

twice removed

once removed

 

once removed

twice removed

three times

 

 

 

or -niece

removed

 

 

 

 

 

removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

third-great-

first cousins

second cousins

third cousins

fourth cousins

fifth cousins

fifth cousins

fifth cousins

 

 

 

grandnephew

four times

three times

twice removed

once removed

 

once removed

twice removed

 

 

 

or -niece

removed

removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fourth-great-

first cousins

second cousins

third cousins

fourth cousins

fifth cousins

sixth cousins

sixth cousins

 

 

 

grandnephew

five times

four times

three times

twice removed

once removed

 

once removed

 

 

 

or -niece

removed

removed

removed

 

 

 

 

 

great-sixth-

grandparent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fifth-great-

first cousins

second cousins

third cousins

fourth cousins

fifth cousins

sixth cousins

seventh cousins

 

 

 

 

 

 

grandnephew

six times

five times

four times

three times

twice removed

once removed

 

 

 

 

or -niece

removed

removed

removed

removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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