fourth cousin
Remote family member
Fourth cousins share a set of great-great-great-grandparents.
The relationship is distant enough that fourth cousins may never meet or know of each other's existence.
Each step outward—first cousin, second cousin, third cousin—adds a generation between the shared ancestors and the cousins themselves: We discovered through a genealogy website that we're fourth cousins.
Taken from position
- once removedDiffering by one generation
- twice removedTwo generations distant
- collateralsNon-lineal blood relatives
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
kindred · relations · blood relatives · extended family · common ancestor · family reunion · relative · family ties
Chart of ancestors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
forebears · progenitors · genealogist · heritage · generation · ancestral records · vital records · family history
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- haplogroupGenetic ancestry classification
- genetic testingAnalysis for inherited disorders
ancestry test · mitochondrial · consanguinity · heredity · alleles · genotype · genetic match · biological
removed
Taken from position
- once removedDiffering by one generation
- twice removedTwo generations distant
- collateralsNon-lineal blood relatives
kinfolk · kindred · relations · blood relatives · extended family · common ancestor · family reunion · relative · family ties
family tree
Chart of ancestors
descendants · forebears · progenitors · genealogist · heritage · generation · ancestral records · vital records · family history · documentation
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- haplogroupGenetic ancestry classification
genetic testing · ancestry test · mitochondrial · consanguinity · heredity · alleles · genotype · genetic match · biological · descent
fourth cousinstranger
Person not yet known
non-relative · complete stranger · acquaintance · friend · neighbor
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