Family Relationships to famous historical figures
Yes, we - the grand children of Vollie and Ethel - are related to the following famous people. I have used myself and my father as the benchmarks, so replace yourself and your parent in place of me and my father.
George Washington.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Orville Wright.
John Lennon.
Princess Diana.
How cool is this!
More Famous Relatives
Relationships Explained
In genealogy, the term "removed" indicates the difference in generations between cousins. Here's what it means:
Once removed: One generation difference
Twice removed: Two generations difference
And so forth.
First cousins, second cousins, and so on belong to the same generation as one another, counting back the same number of generations to their shared ancestors. But if your cousin is a generation older or younger than you, we use the term “removed” cousins.
Imagine that you and your cousin share a relative: it’s your grandfather, but your cousin’s great-grandfather. In other words, you count back two generations to your shared ancestor, but your cousin counts back three. In this case, you would be first cousins once removed, since there is a one-generation difference between you.
Cousin chart: your extended family explained.
Putting the two concepts together, we can put a name to any relation in the family tree. Each cousin can be numbered based on how many generations back your shared ancestors are and “removed” a given number of times, based on how many generations apart you are from each other.
One thing to bear in mind when dealing with “removed” cousins is that determining whether you are first, second, or third cousins is a little trickier, since you end up with different numbers when counting back to your common ancestor. In these cases, the number is based on which one of you counts back the fewest number of generations.
For example, if your cousin counts back three generations while you count back five, then you would be second cousins twice removed. The “second” would be due to the number of generations back your cousin counted to a common ancestor, and “twice removed” thanks to the difference in generations between you.