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Genealogical Relationships - Kinship
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Learn how to determine and document the wide variety of relationships you may come across in your family tree including first, second and third cousins, cousins twice removed, multiple marriages, adoptions, partners, etc.

Genealogical Relationship Chart
It's easy to determine your third cousin, twice removed with this simple chart!

Family Tree Projects for Adoptive & Foster Families
Great ways for adoptive and foster families to create inclusive family histories. From Adoption Guide, Nancy Ashe.

Cousins & Cousinhood - It's All Strictly Relative
A neat twist on the traditional cousin chart - this one shows the actual genetic degree of relationship (shown as a percentage). Good explanations as well.

Cousin Counter
This Internet Cousin Calculator runs right from your browser and allows you to determine relationships without having to follow confusing charts.

Cousin Removal! Best of the Net
One of the best explanations for cousin relationships I have seen with clear explanations, diagrams and examples for counting degrees of cousinship (first, second...), degrees of removal (once removed, twice removed...) and even double cousins. By Michael John Neill.

Not Your Grandmother's Family Tree
Candace L. Doriott discusses recording family trees in terms of assisted reproduction, surrogate birth mothers and other non-traditional methods of procreation.

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