How Are We Related?

Ever get confused with how you're related to someone? If you're like me, you rely on your genealogy application to tell you your relationship to some obscure ancestor from 200 years ago.

However, I think it's time that I get a better grip on understanding the basics, so I don't have to rely FTM all the time. So, I was very happy when Mark at Crestleaf emailed me their infographic, below.

I find it well laid out and easy to understand, especially the once/twice/thrice removed business, which this chart shows me is a matter of finding the nearest common relative and then working out the number of generations from myself.

Hopefully you'll find it useful too!