Can anyone help me out with some kinship titles?
I am Burmese and today I met with what I believe to be distant cousins of mine who are Anglo Burmese and they kept family tree records. I need some help confirming my relationship to these people and what to call them.
So my great great grandfather, George was an English engineer in Burma and his sister, Ada is the grandmother of a woman I met today. We will call this lady Samantha. How am I related to Samantha and her children? How about Samantha's grandchildren?
>>149823
http://lifehacker.com/second-cousins-once-removed-and-more-explained-in-1661572056
Looks like she's a second cousin twice removed. Quite distantly related, many western countries might not even consider you kin except in the technical sense.
>>149826
>http://lifehacker.com/second-cousins-once-removed-and-more-explained-in-1661572056
thanks for this. No it looks Samantha is my second cousin once removed.
Because my great great grandfather was george and george's sister ada is my great grand aunt and ada is the grandmother of samantha. which makes her my second cousin once removed correct?
>>149831
>Because my great great grandfather was george and george's sister ada is my great grand aunt
Here is where you're getting confused. A great great grandfather is 4 generations above you, while a "great grand aunt" (great great aunt would be more correct) is only 3 generations above you. See how that doesn't add up? They couldn't possibly be siblings being a full familial generation apart.
Ada and George would have to be on the same generational level as siblings, which from your position is 4 generations removed. But to Samantha, who is the grandchild of Ada, they are only 2 generations removed, which also puts her 2 generations removed from you. Hence she's your cousin twice removed.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=second+cousin+twice+removed
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=second+cousin+once+removed
