>
> > > >
> > > > --------------1
> > > > ---------/--------\
> > > > --------/----------\
> > > > -------2------------3
> > > > -----/---\--------/----\
> > > > ---(4-----5)---(6------7)
> > > > ---/-\----/-\----/-\-----/-\
> > > > --(8 9)-(A B)-(C D)-(E F)
> > > >
> > > > 3&9 are first cousins once removed. Any other combination I listed above would require a bigger chart.
> > >
> > > By my count, 3 and 5 are first cousins once removed. 3 and 9 would be twice removed.
> > >
> > > > Don "Hoping I'm right--I like this stuff too much to want to make an idiot of myself after that mush effort. :-)" Monkey
> > >
> > > winter"You may well be. I't been ages since I looked at stuff like this"mute
> >
> > 2 and 3 are siblings, so 3 and 5 are aunt/uncle and nephew/niece. :-) However, in my sleepiness, I did mess up--6 and 9 are first cousins once removed. 3 is 9's great-aunt or great-uncle.
> >
> > Don "The morning brings clarity" Monkey
>
> I am still confused. Can you please tell me who "6" and "D" would be to me if I were "A"?
> Do you know of any books that clearly explain the family relationships ?
> Jo "wants to understand how this works"anna

If you were "A", "6" would be your cousin once removed, and "D" would be your second cousin. I don't know of any books on this, unfortunately--I learned this through family members who made a giant family tree back at my great-grandmother's 90th birthday.

Don "That family tree ruled" Monkey