Cousin Chart

0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
0	CA	C	GC	GGC	2GGC	3GGC	4GGC	5GGC	6GGC	7GGC	8GGC
1	C	S	N	GN	GGN	2GGN	3GGN	4GGN	5GGN	6GGN	7GGN
2	GC	N	1C	1C1R	1C2R	1C3R	1C4R	1C5R	1C6R	1C7R	1C8R
3	GGC	GN	1C1R	2C	2C1R	2C2R	2C3R	2C4R	2C5R	2C6R	2C7R
4	2GGC	GGN	1C2R	2C1R	3C	3C1R	3C2R	3C3R	3C4R	3C5R	3C6R
5	3GGC	2GGN	1C3R	2C2R	3C1R	4C	4C1R	4C2R	4C3R	4C4R	4C5R
6	4GGC	3GGN	1C4R	2C3R	3C2R	4C1R	5C	5C1R	5C2R	5C3R	5C4R
7	5GGC	4GGN	1C5R	2C4R	3C3R	4C2R	5C1R	6C	6C1R	6C2R	6C3R
8	6GGC	5GGN	1C6R	2C5R	3C4R	4C3R	5C2R	6C1R	7C	7C1R	7C2R
9	7GGC	6GGN	1C7R	2C6R	3C5R	4C4R	5C3R	6C2R	7C1R	8C	8C1R
10	8GGC	7GGN	1C8R	2C7R	3C6R	4C5R	5C4R	6C3R	7C2R	8C1R	9C

Keeping track of family relationships can be complicated and hard to figure out how one person is related to another, especially when you come upon second, third, or fourth cousins. It really becomes confusing when you begin to "remove" those cousins. Below is a chart I have found very helpful, and hope you will also. For those seasoned genealogists it's a piece of cake, but if you are just learning the ropes as I am, then this chart will definitely come in handy.

ABBREVIATIONS USED:
CA= Common Ancestor
C= Child
GC= Grandchild
GGC= Great Grandchild
S= Sibling
N= Niece/Nephew
GN= Grand Niece/Nephew
GGN= Great Grand Niece/Nephew
#C = Cousin relationship, e.,g.,1C= First Cousin, etc.
#R = # of times removed, e.,g., 4R= 4 times removed, etc.

* The box marked CA on the chart in the upper left-hand corner is the Common Ancestor of two people.
* Identify the relationship of the first person to the common ancestor, e.g., child, great grandchild, 8th grandchild, etc. Find that box on the top row.
* Identify the relationship of the second person to the common ancestor, e.g., grandchild, great grandchild, 3rd great grandchild, etc. Find that box in the left-hand column.
* Follow the column straight down from the top row and follow the row straight across from the left column. Using the chart like a maps mileage chart follow the two columns until they intersect. The box where the two meet is the relationship between the two people.

Confused about "removed" so was I until I came across this piece of information.
"Removed" means the number of generations between two people. Stay with me now as I give an example.
Susie and Jim are sister and brother.
Susie's has 2 kids Mary and Jane
Jim has 2 kids John and Joe
Mary and Jane are 1 cousins to John and Joe
Mary has 1 kid Jimmy
John has 1 kid Susie
Jane and Jimmy are 1 cousins 1 removed. They are 1 generation apart, Jimmy and Susie are 1 cousins because they are in the same generation. If Jimmy has a kid it would be Jane's 1 cousin 2 removed.

And that's all there is to it, once you understand how it works it becomes easy to figure out. If you would like to download this chart it is available at the State Library of North Carolina.