fourth cousins

Very remote kin

Fourth cousins share a pair of great-great-great-grandparents—they descend from the same ancestors five generations back.

The number indicates how many generations separate each cousin from their nearest common ancestor: first cousins share grandparents, second cousins share great-grandparents, and so on.

Fourth cousins are distant enough that many people don't know they have them.

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genealogy research · reunion · family · extended family · ancestor · shared ancestry · forebear · twice removed · great-grandparent · pedigree · kinships · great-great-grandparent · descendant · sibling · familial bonds · kinsman · family history · nephew

Opposites
genealogical closeness

fourth cousinssiblings

Fellow offspring

brothers · sisters · parents · children · identical twins

relational intimacy/familiarity

fourth cousinsloved ones

Cherished people in life

inner circle · nearest and dearest · intimates · immediate family · next of kin

Family

fourth, fourths, fourthly, four, fours, fourteen, fourteenth, forty, fortieth

Familiarity
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