langwrites: madlori:genealogy-watercooler:popchartlab:Who the Hell Is This Person Talking to M
langwrites: madlori: genealogy-watercooler: popchartlab: Who the Hell Is This Person Talking to Me and How Exactly Are They Related to Me: The Chart, just in time for your Thanksgiving gathering. (Source: Apparently commenter “Platypus Man” from this Lifehacker post) Oooh! I really like that this chart gives (average) percentage of genetic similarity. And confession: Despite my genealogy hobby, I can never remember what my cousins’ children are called in relation to me. (First cousin once removed, apparently.) Protip: the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc when referring to cousins refers to how many generations back you have to go to find a common grandparent. First cousins share a grandparent, second cousins share a great-grandparent, etc. If you do NOT share a grandparent with the relative (for example, your grandparent is their great-grandparent) then there’s a remove involved. finally, a reference for this shit -- source link