third cousins
Remote family members
Third cousins share a great-great-grandparent but no closer common ancestor.
The relationship extends outward from first cousins (shared grandparents) through second cousins (shared great-grandparents).
Most people have dozens of third cousins they've never met.
We discovered we were third cousins after comparing family trees.
- relationshipConnection between entities
- great-great-grandchildrenOffspring four generations removed
- great-grandparentsGrandparents' own parents
- kinfolksOne's family relations
- familyRelated people together
consanguinity · kinship · blood relatives · bloodline · common ancestor · marriage laws · ancestry · inheritance rights · great-grandsons · pedigree · genealogy chart · once removed · nieces · endogamy · lineage · nephews · descendants · relatives
third cousinssiblings
Fellow offspring
identical twins · brothers · sisters · first cousins · twins
third cousinsstrangers
People unknown to you
spouse · parents · children · direct descendants · non-relatives
third cousinsimmediate family
Closest relatives by blood
inner circle · nuclear family · loved ones · next of kin · strangers
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