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Cousin Calculator

Previously available from PrenticeNet.com (our parent site)!

Calculating the relationship between two people is often a confusing issue. There are lots of tables and charts that try to alleviate this situation, but often they just make things more complicated. I developed the following programs in an attempt to make this process easier. The Internet Cousin Calculator runs right from your browser (assuming your browser can handle JavaScript), and you can download the DOS and Windows based versions to run as stand-alone applications. I've also provided one version of a cousin chart below (see Boring tabular version).

Downloadable Cousin Calculator
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Total downloads: 44 in 1997; 880 in 1998; 1170 in 1999; 600 in 2000; 500 in 2001; 500 in 2002; 308 in 2003; 564 in 2004; 820 in 2005; 1560 in 2006; 1002 in 2007; 746 in 2008;

 


Boring tabular version
From CompuServe's Genealogy Forum

On the top row, find the relationship of one person to the common ancestor and follow the column straight down. Find the other persons relationship to the common ancestor on the left hand column and follow that row straight across. The relationship is where the projected row and column meet.

CACommon AncestorSSibling (brother or sister)
CChildNNiece/Nephew
GCGrand ChildGNGrand Niece/Nephew
GGCGreat Grand ChildGGNGreat Grand Niece/Nephew
#C# Cousin (1C - 1st cousin, 2C - 2nd cousin, etc.)
#R# of times removed (1R - once removed, 2R - twice removed, etc.)
(Based on the system used by courts and most genealogical societies.)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 CA C GC GGC 2 GGC 3 GGC 4 GGC 5 GGC 6 GGC 7 GGC 8 GGC
1 C S N GN GGN 2 GGN 3 GGN 4 GGN 5 GGN 6 GGN 7 GGN
2 GC N 1C 1C 1R 1C 2R 1C 3R 1C 4R 1C 5R 1C 6R 1C 7R 1C 8R
3 GGC GN 1C 1R 2C 2C 1R 2C 2R 2C 3R 2C 4R 2C 5R 2C 6R 2C 7R
4 2 GGC GGN 1C 2R 2C 1R 3C 3C 1R 3C 2R 3C 3R 3C 4R 3C 5R 3C 6R
5 3 GGC 2 GGN 1C 3R 2C 2R 3C 1R 4C 4C 1R 4C 2R 4C 3R 4C 4R 4C 5R
6 4 GGC 3 GGN 1C 4R 2C 3R 3C 2R 4C 1R 5C 5C 1R 5C 2R 5C 3R 5C 4R
7 5 GGC 4 GGN 1C 5R 2C 4R 3C 3R 4C 2R 5C 1R 6C 6C 1R 6C 2R 6C 3R
8 6 GGC 5 GGN 1C 6R 2C 5R 3C 4R 4C 3R 5C 2R 6C 1R 7C 7C 1R 7C 2R
9 7 GGC 6 GGN 1C 7R 2C 6R 3C 5R 4C 4R 5C 3R 6C 2R 7C 1R 8C 8C 1R
10 8 GGC 7 GGN 1C 8R 2C 7R 3C 6R 4C 5R 5C 4R 6C 3R 7C 2R 8C 1R 9C




 

 

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