fifth cousin
Very remote kin
Fifth cousin describes a family relationship where two people share great-great-great-great-great-grandparents—six generations back.
The number indicates how many generations removed from a common ancestor: first cousins share grandparents, second cousins share great-grandparents, and so on.
At the fifth-cousin level, the connection is distant enough that most people wouldn't recognize it without genealogical research: Turns out we're fifth cousins through some farmers in Prussia.
Relatedness through shared ancestry
- collateralSecurity for debt
- common ancestorOrigin point of descendants
- pedigree chartDiagram tracing ancestral lines
- family treeChart of ancestors
genealogist · lineage · descendant · progenitor · haplogroup · DNA match · ancestry · heritage
Relatives beyond parents, siblings
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- relationsConnections or dealings
- blood relationPerson sharing your ancestry
- family reunionGathering of relatives
clan · kindred · family ties · family circle · generational gap
Distant or controller
- tenuousLacking solid foundation
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- far removedGreatly separated in space
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
consanguinity
Relatedness through shared ancestry
- collateralSecurity for debt
- common ancestorOrigin point of descendants
- pedigree chartDiagram tracing ancestral lines
family tree · genealogist · lineage · descendant · progenitor · haplogroup · DNA match · ancestry · heritage · forebears
extended family
Relatives beyond parents, siblings
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- relationsConnections or dealings
- blood relationPerson sharing your ancestry
family reunion · clan · kindred · family ties · family circle · generational gap
remote
Distant or controller
- tenuousLacking solid foundation
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- far removedGreatly separated in space
peripheral · marginal · attenuated · stranger · acquaintance
fifth cousinimmediate family
Closest relatives by blood
nuclear family · sibling · brother · sister · parent
fifth cousinimmediate family
Closest relatives by blood
loved one · inner circle · nearest and dearest · blood relative
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